The present invention provides a composition based on a starch powder (such as flour), wheat germ, SiO.sub.2, MgO, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, and K.sub.2O. This composition is extremely useful in treating acid related disorders and reducing the acidity, removing water, deodorizing, from plant oil and extending the oils shelf life of 3-5 years instead of the average one-year available.

A method of applying energy to CBD oil is provided. The method may include obtaining CBD oil from a plant, combining the CBD oil with a carrier oil, heating the combination of the CBD oil and carrier oil, mixing the CBD oil and carrier oil, filtering the CBD oil and carrier oil to a size of less than 60 nanometers, and applying an energy field to the CBD oil and carrier oil through a laser effector such that an electron is promoted from a bonding or non-bonding orbital into an empty anti-bonding orbitals of the CBD molecule. The laser effector may be a pink sapphire cut into a 15 equal side faceted crystal, double-stacked in a 2.3 cm cylindrical chamber, or an opulence half dome bubble lens configured to refract the beam.

The present invention pertains to a process for refining of crude tall oil (CTO). The process comprises fractionation under vacuum of a refined CTO into at least one stream of refined tall diesel (RTD) or tall oil fatty acids (TOFA), the RTD or TOFA comprises from 2-30% by volume of resin acids and from 20-90% by volume of fatty acids, and at least one stream of resin acid(s) (RA) comprising less than 5% by volume of fatty acids. The stream of RTD or TOFA is deoxygenated forming hydrocarbon compounds in a subsequent step. This invention also relates to a refined tall diesel. Furthermore, a process for the production of a refined tall diesel (RTD) composition, wherein crude sulphate turpentine(s) (CST) is added to the refined tall diesel (RTD) composition, is described.

The invention relates to a method for aggregating and separating an organic material mixture which is provided in a dissolved form in an aqueous emulsion. The method is characterized by the following steps: a) providing an aqueous emulsion with organic compounds which are provided in the emulsion in a dissolved form, said organic compounds being carboxylic acids, phospholipids, glycolipids, glyceroglycolipids, phenols, sterols, chlorophyll, and/or sinapines, b) mixing the emulsion from step a) with an aqueous solution containing copper(II) ions and/or calcium ions until an aggregate formation is achieved, and c) separating the aggregates from step b) by means of a sedimentation, filtration, or centrifugation process after achieving an aggregated phase of the organic compounds from step b).

The present invention concerns a method for preparing dehydrated avocados, a method for preparing an unsaponifiable-rich avocado oil, a method for preparing an avocado cake rich in sugars and proteins, and a method for preparing an unsaponifiable fraction; these methods all comprising a step of drying avocado slices by means of microwaves until dehydrated avocados are obtained having residual moisture less than or equal to 5%; during this step, the water evaporated under the action of the microwaves being eliminated by a warm air stream with a temperature less than or equal to 80° C. and/or by air extraction.

Methods for producing oil from fats and oils having high free fatty acid content are provided. In the method, fats and oils are treated with a mixture including an alcohol to result in a low-free fatty acid oily phase and an alcohol phase. The mixture may also include an alkali. The alcohol may be a monohydric alcohol and an aqueous alcohol, such as an aqueous alcohol having a concentration of at least about 15% alcohol-by-weight. The low-free fatty acid phase may include oil and at least one impurity. The low-free fatty acid phase may be cooled, and the oil may be separated from the at least one impurity. Fats and oils amenable to such a method may include, but are not limited to, waste fats, waste oils, high acid grease, high acid tallow, sorghum heat oil, and corn oil, such as corn oil produced at an ethanol production plant.

Disclosed herein is a method of using dissipation factor to control the purification of candle wax compositions, comprising purifying a modified natural oil until a dissipation factor ranging from 0.0001-0.0600 is achieved.

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using an esterase enzyme component, water, bleaching processes, and combinations thereof, and related compositions produced therefrom having one or more reduced color values. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions, e.g., as mineral oil replacements.

The present technology provides a method that includes contacting a composition with a caustic solution to produce a caustic-treated composition; combining the caustic-treated composition with silica particles to produce a slurry; and removing the silica particles from the slurry to produce a treated composition; wherein the composition includes one or more of animal fats, animal oils, plant fats, plant oils, vegetable fats, vegetable oils, greases, and used cooking oil and the composition includes: at least about 10 wppm of total metals, at least about 8 wppm of phosphorus, at least about 10 wppm of chlorine, at least about 10 wppm of sulfur, at least about 20 wppm of nitrogen, at least about 5 wt. % of free fatty acids; and has an acid number from about 10 mg KOH/g to about 150 mg KOH/g, and the silica particles has a particle size from about 10 microns to about 50 microns, a BET surface area from about 200 m.sup.2/g to about 1000 m.sup.2/g.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a bloom-retarding component for chocolate and chocolate-like products, said method comprising the steps of: —providing a triglyceride composition (TGC) comprising 40 to 95 wt % monounsaturated symmetrical triglycerides (TGs) selected from POP, StOSt, and POSt; —heat treating the TGC in a closed vessel for at least 1 hour and at a temperature of at least 220° C. to form a heat-treated triglyceride composition (HT TGC); and —deodorizing the HT TGC from the heating step to form a deodorized heat-treated triglyceride composition (DZ/HT TGC), wherein P is palmitic acid, St is stearic acid, and O is oleic acid. Further, the invention relates to products obtained by such a method, and their uses in chocolate products.