I-Mono ne-diglycerides yama-fatty acid ayizithasiselo zokudla eziningi ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emkhakheni wokudla kwezolimo. Lezi zinhlanganisela zitholakala ekuhloleni kwama-acid amafutha nge-glycerol, okuholela kuma-molecule anezakhiwo zombili i-hydrophilic (ehlasela amanzi) kanye ne-hydrophobic (ukubuyisela amanzi). Isakhiwo sabo esiyingqayizivele sibavumela ukuthi basebenze njenge-emulsifiers, ama-statizers, kanye nama-texturizers