Methods of refining palm oil in order to produce a refined, bleached and deodorized palm oil with reduced level of 3-monochloropropane-1, 2-diol (3-MCPD) ester are disclosed. The methods may include premixing a palm oil with an acid to chelate metals and form a reaction mixture, and subjecting the reaction mixture to hydrodynamic cavitation mixing for less than 1 second.

Methods of refining palm oil in order to produce a refined, bleached and deodorized palm oil with reduced level of 3-monochloropropane-1, 2-diol (3-MCPD) ester are disclosed. The methods may include premixing a palm oil with an acid to chelate metals and form a reaction mixture, and subjecting the reaction mixture to hydrodynamic cavitation mixing for less than 1 second.

A method is provided for preventing or reducing the formation of monochloropropanediols (MCPDs) or monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDEs) in triacylglyceride oil, comprising the steps: (a) admixing the triacylglyceride oil with (1) an auxiliary oil wherein the auxiliary triacylglyceride oil has higher phospholipid and/or wax content than the triacylglyceride oil; and/or (2) the gum extract from an oil; (b) degumming the triacylglyceride oil admixture and/or optionally allowing the insoluble components to crystallize; (c) optionally concentrating the insoluble and crystallized components from the triacylglyceride oil admixture (1) by applying a centrifugational force on the triacylglyceride oil admix and/or (2) by allowing the insoluble and crystallized components to settle by gravity; (d) separating insoluble and crystallized components from the triacylglyceride oil admixture and/or optionally applying one or more processes selected from degumming, physical refining, chemical refining, neutralization, interesterification, bleaching, dewaxing and fractionation; (e) applying heat treatment to the triacylglyceride oil admixture.

A method is provided for preventing or reducing the formation of monochloropropanediols (MCPDs) or monochloropropanediol esters (MCPDEs) in triacylglyceride oil, comprising the steps: (a) admixing the triacylglyceride oil with (1) an auxiliary oil wherein the auxiliary triacylglyceride oil has higher phospholipid and/or wax content than the triacylglyceride oil; and/or (2) the gum extract from an oil; (b) degumming the triacylglyceride oil admixture and/or optionally allowing the insoluble components to crystallize; (c) optionally concentrating the insoluble and crystallized components from the triacylglyceride oil admixture (1) by applying a centrifugational force on the triacylglyceride oil admix and/or (2) by allowing the insoluble and crystallized components to settle by gravity; (d) separating insoluble and crystallized components from the triacylglyceride oil admixture and/or optionally applying one or more processes selected from degumming, physical refining, chemical refining, neutralization, interesterification, bleaching, dewaxing and fractionation; (e) applying heat treatment to the triacylglyceride oil admixture.

The present disclosure relates methods and systems for refining grain oil compositions using water, and related compositions produced therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using said compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using grain oil derived from a fermentation product in an anti-foam composition.

A method for extracting naturally occurring oil bodies (oleosomes) from a material containing naturally occurring oil bodies (oleosomes) includes the steps of dispersing the material containing oleosomes in an aqueous composition to thereby obtain an aqueous dispersion of material containing oleosomes, extracting oleosomes from the aqueous dispersion of material containing oleosomes to thereby obtain a crude oleosome extract and isolating crude oleosomes from the extract by drying the crude oleosome extract. The dried oleosome powder may be used with a personal care product, a pharmaceutical product or a food product.

A method for extracting naturally occurring oil bodies (oleosomes) from a material containing naturally occurring oil bodies (oleosomes) includes the steps of dispersing the material containing oleosomes in an aqueous composition to thereby obtain an aqueous dispersion of material containing oleosomes, extracting oleosomes from the aqueous dispersion of material containing oleosomes to thereby obtain a crude oleosome extract and isolating crude oleosomes from the extract by drying the crude oleosome extract. The dried oleosome powder may be used with a personal care product, a pharmaceutical product or a food product.

The invention relates to a process for enzymatic degumming of unrefined triglyceride oil, said process comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing an unrefined triglyceride oil having a phosphorus content of at least 100 mg per kg of unrefined triglyceride oil; (b) combining the unrefined triglyceride oil with water, an acid and a phospholipase to produce an oil-in-water emulsion having a pH in the range of 2.5 to 4.5; said phospholipase being selected phospholipase A1, phospholipase A2 and combinations thereof; (c) keeping the emulsion at a temperature of 20-90° C. for at least 10 minutes; (d) introducing a base into the emulsion; and (e) separating degummed triglyceride oil from the emulsion. This enzymatic degumming process is extremely effective in removing phospholipids, including non-hydratable phospholipids (NHP), from unrefined vegetable oils and produces degummed vegetable oil in high yield.

The invention relates to a process for enzymatic degumming of unrefined triglyceride oil, said process comprising the following successive steps: (a) providing an unrefined triglyceride oil having a phosphorus content of at least 100 mg per kg of unrefined triglyceride oil; (b) combining the unrefined triglyceride oil with water, an acid and a phospholipase to produce an oil-in-water emulsion having a pH in the range of 2.5 to 4.5; said phospholipase being selected phospholipase A1, phospholipase A2 and combinations thereof; (c) keeping the emulsion at a temperature of 20-90° C. for at least 10 minutes; (d) introducing a base into the emulsion; and (e) separating degummed triglyceride oil from the emulsion. This enzymatic degumming process is extremely effective in removing phospholipids, including non-hydratable phospholipids (NHP), from unrefined vegetable oils and produces degummed vegetable oil in high yield.

The present invention relates to process for enlarging oleosomes and the process comprises subjecting isolated oleosomes to a high-shear mixing or a high-shear centrifugal force, and obtaining an oleosome composition. The invention further relates to oleosome compositions. It also relates to food and feed products, pharmaceutical products, personal care products, nutritional compositions and industrial products comprising said oleosome composition. The invention relates to the process of preparing nutritional compositions comprising oleosome compositions. The current invention further relates to the use of rotor-stator high-shear mixer and/or a disk-stack centrifuge for enlarging the average globule diameter of oleosomes in an oleosome composition