The present invention relates to a process for refining glyceride oil comprising the steps of: (i) contacting glyceride oil with a liquid comprising a basic quaternary ammonium salt to form a treated glyceride oil; wherein the quaternary ammonium salt comprises a basic anion selected from hydroxide, alkoxide, alkylcarbonate, hydrogen carbonate, carbonate, serinate, prolinate, histidinate, threoninate, valinate, asparaginate, taurinate and lysinate; and a quaternary ammonium cation; (ii) separating the treated glyceride oil from a salt comprising the quaternary ammonium cation; and (iii) subjecting the treated glyceride oil after the separation step to at least one further refining step;
and to the use of contacting a glyceride oil with the basic quaternary ammonium salt for preventing or reducing the formation of fatty acid esters of chloropropanols and/or glycidol upon heating of the glyceride oil.

The present invention relates to a process for refining glyceride oil comprising the steps of: (i) contacting glyceride oil with a liquid comprising a basic quaternary ammonium salt to form a treated glyceride oil; wherein the quaternary ammonium salt comprises a basic anion selected from hydroxide, alkoxide, alkylcarbonate, hydrogen carbonate, carbonate, serinate, prolinate, histidinate, threoninate, valinate, asparaginate, taurinate and lysinate; and a quaternary ammonium cation; (ii) separating the treated glyceride oil from a salt comprising the quaternary ammonium cation; and (iii) subjecting the treated glyceride oil after the separation step to at least one further refining step;
and to the use of contacting a glyceride oil with the basic quaternary ammonium salt for preventing or reducing the formation of fatty acid esters of chloropropanols and/or glycidol upon heating of the glyceride oil.

Methods and compositions for the production of dielectric fluids from lipids produced by microorganisms are provided, including oil-bearing microorganisms and methods of low cost cultivation of such microorganisms. Microalgal cells containing exogenous genes encoding, for example, a sucrose transporter, a sucrose invertase, a fructokinase, a polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, a lipid pathway modification enzyme, a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, a desaturase, a fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, and/or an acyl carrier protein are useful in manufacturing dielectric fluids.

Methods and compositions for the production of dielectric fluids from lipids produced by microorganisms are provided, including oil-bearing microorganisms and methods of low cost cultivation of such microorganisms. Microalgal cells containing exogenous genes encoding, for example, a sucrose transporter, a sucrose invertase, a fructokinase, a polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, a lipid pathway modification enzyme, a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, a desaturase, a fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, and/or an acyl carrier protein are useful in manufacturing dielectric fluids.

A process for preparing a gel composition including the following steps: (a) providing a composition including an oil and a plant-derived wax where the composition includes from 0.5% to 40.0% by weight of the plant-derived wax; (b) degumming the composition; and (c) deodorizing the degummed composition at a temperature range of from 200? C. to 270? C.

A process for preparing a gel composition including the following steps: (a) providing a composition including an oil and a plant-derived wax where the composition includes from 0.5% to 40.0% by weight of the plant-derived wax; (b) degumming the composition; and (c) deodorizing the degummed composition at a temperature range of from 200? C. to 270? C.

Edible fat-containing product comprising an aqueous phase and 30-99 wt. % of a fat phase, comprising a liquid vegetable oil and a structuring fat, wherein the structuring fat does not contain palm oil or palm oil-derived fractions, wherein the fat phase comprises, calculated on the amount fatty acids of the triglycerides of the fat phase, an amount of C18:0 (stearic acid) from 5 to 25 wt. % and its application as a spread or a wrapper.

This invention discloses a highly active and highly safe substance, its preparation method, and its use. This substance is prepared from rubber seed crude oil, through alkali neutralization, centrifugal separation, adsorption filtration, and deodorization. This substance is not only highly active in preventing and treating atherosclerosis than that of rubber seed crude oil; but also highly safe which can meet requirements in the national standard of food safety. The substance can be used in pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat atherosclerosis in patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

This invention discloses a highly active and highly safe substance, its preparation method, and its use. This substance is prepared from rubber seed crude oil, through alkali neutralization, centrifugal separation, adsorption filtration, and deodorization. This substance is not only highly active in preventing and treating atherosclerosis than that of rubber seed crude oil; but also highly safe which can meet requirements in the national standard of food safety. The substance can be used in pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat atherosclerosis in patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Disclosed is a process for de-acidification of fats and oils, to obtain micronutrients, to obtain a fatty acid product, and recovery of refined oils, comprising: feeding pre-treated oil feed stream to a vacuum steam stripping section, stripping off volatile phases. Feeding the stripped off the volatile phases to a condensing stage providing a condensed phase and a vapour phase. Sending the condensed phase to a vacuum distillation operation and sending the vapour phase to a cold condensation stage. Subjecting the condensed phase to a vacuum distillation operation, and obtaining a high temperature distillate and a stream of volatiles. Feeding the vapour phase from the high temperature condensing stage along with the stream of volatiles from the vacuum distillation operation to the cold condensation stage obtaining a stream of non-condensable gases and a cold temperature distillate, letting the stream of non-condensable gases continue to a vacuum system, and recovering from the vacuum steam stripping section a stream of refined oil.