Present invention relates to a process for reducing the MOSH and/or MOAH content from vegetable lauric oil, comprising steps of: a) subjecting the vegetable lauric oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature in a range of from 150 to 200° C. and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 10 to 50 kg/h.m.sup.2, b) Contacting the retentate vegetable lauric oil of step a) with an adsorbent, and c) Subjecting the bleached retentate vegetable lauric oil of step b) to a further refining step carried out in an oil refining equipment consisting of a stripping column with packing and not more than one oil collection tray or in a deodorizer, and obtaining a refined retentate vegetable lauric oil.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an oleogel, comprising a) homogenising an aqueous dispersion of natural food fibre to develop viscosity, b) shear-mixing the aqueous fibre dispersion with liquid edible oil at room temperature to form an emulsion, and c) subjecting the emulsion to freeze-drying to remove the water. In some embodiments, the natural food fibre is citrus fibre or nata de coco fibre mix. The invention further relates to an edible fibre-based oleogel obtained by the method, as well as food products comprising the oleogel and/or based upon the oleogel.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an oleogel, comprising a) homogenising an aqueous dispersion of natural food fibre to develop viscosity, b) shear-mixing the aqueous fibre dispersion with liquid edible oil at room temperature to form an emulsion, and c) subjecting the emulsion to freeze-drying to remove the water. In some embodiments, the natural food fibre is citrus fibre or nata de coco fibre mix. The invention further relates to an edible fibre-based oleogel obtained by the method, as well as food products comprising the oleogel and/or based upon the oleogel.

Present invention relates to a process for reducing the content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable liquid oil, wherein the process is comprising the step of subjecting vegetable liquid oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature in a range of from 200° C. to 300° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 30 to 220 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2. Present invention further relates to the use of short-path evaporation performed at a pressure below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature of from 200 to 300° C., and a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 30 to 220 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, for reducing the content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable liquid oil.

Present invention relates to a process for reducing the content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable liquid oil, wherein the process is comprising the step of subjecting vegetable liquid oil to a short-path evaporation, wherein the short-path evaporation is performed at a pressure of below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature in a range of from 200° C. to 300° C., and with a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 30 to 220 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2. Present invention further relates to the use of short-path evaporation performed at a pressure below 1 mbar, at an evaporator temperature of from 200 to 300° C., and a feed rate per unit area of evaporator surface of the shorth-path evaporation equipment in a range of from 30 to 220 kg/h.Math.m.sup.2, for reducing the content of MOSH and/or MOAH from vegetable liquid oil.

The invention provides a fat composition comprising from 20% to 50% by weight of palmitic acid (C16:0), from 20% to 45% by weight of oleic acid (C18:1), and from 17% to 40% by weight of linoleic acid (C18:2), said percentages of acid being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; wherein the fat composition has a weight ratio of oleic acid (C18:1) to linoleic acid (C18:2) of from 0.4 to 2.4; wherein the percentage of palmitic acid on the second position of triglyceride (SN-2 of C16:0) is at least 40% based on the total amount of palmitic acid; and wherein the fat composition comprises at most 5.0% by weight of PPP triglycerides and has a weight ratio of OPL triglycerides to OPO triglycerides from 0.80 to 1.60 based on the total glycerides present in the fat composition, wherein O is oleic acid, P is palmitic acid and L is linoleic acid.

The invention provides a fat composition comprising from 20% to 50% by weight of palmitic acid (C16:0), from 20% to 45% by weight of oleic acid (C18:1), and from 17% to 40% by weight of linoleic acid (C18:2), said percentages of acid being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; wherein the fat composition has a weight ratio of oleic acid (C18:1) to linoleic acid (C18:2) of from 0.4 to 2.4; wherein the percentage of palmitic acid on the second position of triglyceride (SN-2 of C16:0) is at least 40% based on the total amount of palmitic acid; and wherein the fat composition comprises at most 5.0% by weight of PPP triglycerides and has a weight ratio of OPL triglycerides to OPO triglycerides from 0.80 to 1.60 based on the total glycerides present in the fat composition, wherein O is oleic acid, P is palmitic acid and L is linoleic acid.

A process for producing degummed, fatty acid-depleted, bleached and deodorized palm oil with no altered solid fat content and containing 3-MCPD and 2-MCPD in an amount of less than 2.5 mg/kg; GE in an amount of less than 1.0 mg/kg; and DAK in an amount of less than 25.0 mg/kg is provided. The disclosed process is a quick, cost-effective and easily scalable process for producing refined palm oil of high quality.

A process for producing degummed, fatty acid-depleted, bleached and deodorized palm oil with no altered solid fat content and containing 3-MCPD and 2-MCPD in an amount of less than 2.5 mg/kg; GE in an amount of less than 1.0 mg/kg; and DAK in an amount of less than 25.0 mg/kg is provided. The disclosed process is a quick, cost-effective and easily scalable process for producing refined palm oil of high quality.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing purified vegetable liquid oil, and the process is comprising contacting a vegetable liquid oil, which has not been subjected to a deodorization step, with an adsorbent comprising alumina oxide and wherein the adsorbent has a content of alumina oxide of not more than 9.5% and the obtained deodorized vegetable liquid oils.