A system for producing a blended extract of cannabinoids and terpenes, which extracts terpenes using supercritical CO2, and extracts a cannabinoid concentrate from the residual material using a cold ethanol flush followed by distillation; the CO2-extracted terpenes are then added back to the cannabinoid concentrate in a final blending step. Blending terpenes at the end of extraction may enhance the flavor and effectiveness of the cannabinoid concentrate. By separately extracting terpenes and cannabinoids, optimal processes and parameters may be used for each step. Blending may combine terpenes and cannabinoids in any desired ratio; for example, a terpene-to-cannabinoid ratio of approximately 1:10 may be used. The ethanol used in the cold ethanol extraction of cannabinoids may be recovered and reused for subsequent batches. Cannabinoid concentrates may be redistilled multiple times to enhance their concentration, followed by terpene blending.

A device for the thermal treatment of material comprises a housing having a heatable housing jacket, which surrounds a treatment chamber and forms a rotationally symmetrical treatment surface extending in an axial direction, and a drivable rotor, which is arranged in the treatment chamber and extends coaxially. The rotor comprises a shaft, arranged in a manner distributed over the circumference of which are spreading elements. The device also comprises a condensation space, in which a condenser is formed and into which gaseous material components escaping from the material during the thermal treatment can pass, a condensate outlet for discharging the material components condensed in the condensation space, and a vacuum connection, which is fluidically connected to the condensation space. The vacuum connection is arranged in a region of the housing that lies downstream of the treatment surface, as viewed in the transport direction of the material.

PROBLEM To provide a composition comprising highly enriched PUFA or its alkyl esters while containing fatty acid esters of 3-MCPD at adequately low concentrations and to provide an efficient method for producing the composition. MEANS FOR SOLVING A composition that contains fatty acids or fatty acid alkyl esters as its major component, the composition containing highly unsaturated fatty acid or alkyl ester thereof, wherein the proportion of the highly unsaturated fatty acid in the constituent fatty acids of the composition is 50 area % or more and wherein the concentration of 3-MCPD as found upon analyzing the composition by American Oil Chemists' Society official method Cd 29b-13 assay A is less than 1.80 ppm.

PROBLEM To provide a composition comprising highly enriched PUFA or its alkyl esters while containing fatty acid esters of 3-MCPD at adequately low concentrations and to provide an efficient method for producing the composition. MEANS FOR SOLVING A composition that contains fatty acids or fatty acid alkyl esters as its major component, the composition containing highly unsaturated fatty acid or alkyl ester thereof, wherein the proportion of the highly unsaturated fatty acid in the constituent fatty acids of the composition is 50 area % or more and wherein the concentration of 3-MCPD as found upon analyzing the composition by American Oil Chemists' Society official method Cd 29b-13 assay A is less than 1.80 ppm.

A weighting gent is disclosed for use in beverage emulsions, as well as beverage emulsions (e.g., citrus beverages or beverage concentrates) containing the same. Methods of making and using such weighting agents are described, as well as methods of making such beverages emulsions.

A weighting gent is disclosed for use in beverage emulsions, as well as beverage emulsions (e.g., citrus beverages or beverage concentrates) containing the same. Methods of making and using such weighting agents are described, as well as methods of making such beverages emulsions.

Present invention relates to process for reducing MOSH and/or MOAH content from vegetable oil selected from the group consisting of palm-based oil, cocoa butter-based oil and any mixture thereof, and comprising steps of: a) Subjecting vegetable oil to short-path evaporation being performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar and under further processing conditions either: a1) at an evaporator temperature of between 210 and 240° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 35 to 105 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, or a2) at an evaporator temperature of from 245 to 300° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 110 and 170 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, b) Contacting the retentate vegetable oil with an adsorbent, and c) Subjecting the bleached retentate vegetable oil to a further refining step.

Present invention relates to process for reducing MOSH and/or MOAH content from vegetable oil selected from the group consisting of palm-based oil, cocoa butter-based oil and any mixture thereof, and comprising steps of: a) Subjecting vegetable oil to short-path evaporation being performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar and under further processing conditions either: a1) at an evaporator temperature of between 210 and 240° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 35 to 105 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, or a2) at an evaporator temperature of from 245 to 300° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 110 and 170 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, b) Contacting the retentate vegetable oil with an adsorbent, and c) Subjecting the bleached retentate vegetable oil to a further refining step.

Present invention relates to process for reducing content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable oil selected from group consisting of palm-based oil, cocoa butter-based oil and any mixture thereof, wherein process is comprising step of subjecting vegetable oil to short-path evaporation, wherein short-path evaporation is performed at pressure of below 1 mbar and further processing conditions either: a1) at evaporator temperature of between 210 and 240° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 35 to 105 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, or a2) at evaporator temperature of from 245 to 300° C., and feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface in range of from 110 and 170 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, and thus obtaining a retentate vegetable oil and a distillate. Present invention further relates to use of short-path evaporation for reducing content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable oil.

Present invention relates to process for reducing content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable oil selected from group consisting of palm-based oil, cocoa butter-based oil and any mixture thereof, wherein process is comprising step of subjecting vegetable oil to short-path evaporation, wherein short-path evaporation is performed at pressure of below 1 mbar and further processing conditions either: a1) at evaporator temperature of between 210 and 240° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment of from 35 to 105 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, or a2) at evaporator temperature of from 245 to 300° C., and feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface in range of from 110 and 170 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, and thus obtaining a retentate vegetable oil and a distillate. Present invention further relates to use of short-path evaporation for reducing content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable oil.