A method of treating a mother having postpartum depression, comprising administering to the mother a composition comprising a plurality of mixed self-assemblies comprising: i) at least 50 wt % of a soyasaponin, and ii) allopregnanolone.

The disclosed subject matter relates generally to a method for modifying oil, and specifically to a process for increasing the concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acid in an oil composition.

The present invention generally relates to oil compositions and methods of producing such oil compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oil composition recovered from a fermentation product as well as methods of recovering such oil compositions for use in various processes such as bio-diesel production as well as in various edible applications.

The present invention generally relates to oil compositions and methods of producing such oil compositions. More particularly, the present invention relates to an oil composition recovered from a fermentation product as well as methods of recovering such oil compositions for use in various processes such as bio-diesel production as well as in various edible applications.

A process for preparing a conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) material that is enriched in the cis 9, trans 11 (rumenic acid) CLA isomer. The process involves subjecting a material containing at least 75 weight % CLA moieties to an enzymatic conversion, wherein the enzyme has the ability to discriminate between the cis 9, trans 11 and trans 10, cis 12 isomers. The enzyme is advantageously a lipase derived from Candida rugosa. The resulting CLA product stream is distilled to separate the free fatty acid fraction from the glyceride fraction. The recovered free fatty acid fraction contains about 55 weight % to about 70 weight % of the cis 9, trans 11 isomer (rumenic acid), and has a weight ratio of cis 9, trans 11 isomer to trans 10, cis 12 isomer of at least 3.5:1. The material enriched in rumenic acid may be used in foods, particularly infant formulas, or in food supplements or in pharmaceutical compositions.

A shortening composition, including: a base shortening and a flavor enhancing composition. The flavor enhancing composition is prepared by hydrolyzing tallow in the presence of an enzyme.

Provided here is an enzymatic process for production of low saturate oil, in one embodiment, low palmitic oils from triacylglycerol sources. The enzymes used in the processes herein are saturase enzymes, including palmitase enzymes. The oils produced by the processes herein are used in food products.

Alcoholysis of oils and fats containing EPA and DHA is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 18 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; then the glyceride fraction is separated; alcoholysis of the glyceride fraction is performed by a lipase having substrate specificity for fatty acids having 20 carbons or less and in the presence of a reaction additive such as magnesium oxide; and EPA-enriched oil and DHA-enriched oil are simultaneously obtained.

The present invention relates to lipid compositions derived from insects. The intrinsic chemical/physical properties of insect derived lipids limit the possibilities for widespread and large-scale use. An enzymatic process for the partial hydrolysis and transesterification of insect extracted lipids is provided. The process alters the ratio of triglyceride (TAG), diglycerides (DAG), monoglycerides (MAG) and free fatty acids (FFA) of the crude insect lipid and also results in the transesterification of fatty acids on glyceride backbone yielding a lipid composition that combines an increased dispersibility in water, a more favourable hardness profile (as a function of temperature) and a melting point slightly above ambient temperature. The compositions of the invention further have good nutritive properties as well as some interesting functional properties, e.g. anti-microbial effects. The invention relates to these enzyme-modified lipid compositions, to the methods for producing them, as well as to their uses as an ingredient in an alimentary product.

The present invention relates to a process for producing of free fatty acids comprising a) hydrolyzing fatty acid feedstock with lipase and water in an amount sufficient to produce partial splitting of the fatty acid feedstock in a reactor; and b) mixing said partially split fatty acid mixture in a thermal splitter column under conditions of temperature and pressure effective to substantially complete the splitting of the fatty acid feedstock into free fatty acid and glycerol as by-product.