A hardstock fat composition for use in making edible water-in-oil emulsions such as spreads, in particular (but not exclusively) when produced using the hardstock in the form of micronized fat powder, and process to use such hardstock fat to make a fat slurry and to make a water-in-oil emulsion (like spreads) using such hardstock fat. The hardstock fat may give improved properties of the resulting emulsion.

Described herein is a method of remediating a water source of a target aquatic life. The method comprises collecting at least one target species of aquatic life from a water source, separating an oil from the solids of the target aquatic life, and refining a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) mixture from the oil. The water source is at least partially remediated by collecting the at least one target species of aquatic life from the water source.

A particulate solid fat composition comprising coconut oil is prepared by a method comprising heating a fat composition comprising coconut oil, cooling the melted fat composition with stirring to provide a substantially uniform solid fat composition, and chopping the solid fat by a food cutting device under chilling conditions at a temperature low enough to form a a substantially uniform particulate solid fat composition wherein at least 90% of the particles have a particle size of from 1.5 mm to 26 mm. The substantially uniform particulate solid fat composition is substantially compositionally uniform, or is substantially visually uniform, and/or is substantially uniform in color. This particulate solid fat composition is mixed with a hydrated plant protein composition under chilling conditions at a temperature low enough to maintain the particulate nature of the solid fat composition to form an animal meat mimic.

The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.

The present invention relates to a fat composition suitable for use as a cocoa butter equivalent, wherein the fat compo-sition comprises triglycerides of which 60% by weight or more is Sat.sub.2O, wherein Sat is selected from St, P, or combinations hereof; and wherein, in the fat composition, the content of St.sub.2O is 40% by weight or less, and the total content of StOP+StPO+St.sub.2O is 60% by weight or less, wherein O is oleic acid, St is stearic acid, and P is palmitic acid; and wherein the fat composition has a Buhler crystallization index (BCI) value of 2.5 or more. Uses of the fat composition are also disclosed.

The present invention provides an improved method for purification of a primary triacylglyceride oil comprising the steps of washing the primary triacylglyceride oil, trapping assisted removal of chlorinated precursors of MCPDEs by admixing the primary triacylglyceride oil with an auxiliary trapping agent; crystallising the auxiliary trapping agent or the primary triacylglyceride oil; and separating solid and liquid phases of the product.

The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.

A method for processing natural oil is provided. The method includes providing a natural oil to be processed, adding an inorganic particulate material to said natural oil, and processing the resulting mixture to obtain oil products with an improved yield and/or quality.

Disclosed are an animal fat grading device using superheated steam and a method. The device comprises a bracket, a material container, a steam heating assembly, an oil leakage assembly, a pressing part, an oil pumping assembly, a switch structure and a controller, where an upper part of the bracket is fixedly connected with the material container, a top side wall and a bottom side wall of the material container are provided with the steam heating assembly; an inside is slidably connected with the oil leakage assembly; a top of the oil leakage assembly is fixedly connected with the pressing part; a top surface of the oil leakage assembly is fixedly connected with the oil pumping assembly, a bottom of the material container is communicated with an oil discharging pipe, the switch structure is arranged on the oil discharging pipe, and a temperature sensor is arranged in the material container.

A method of making an oil-and-fat capable of being used as a non-tempering hard butter of a non-lauric acid type, having a sharp melting property (meltability in the mouth), a good compatibility with a cacao butter and a low trans-fatty acid content, includes fractionating an oil-and-fat A comprising a first non-laurin-based oil-and-fat containing 50 to 100 mass % of SUS type triglyceride and a non-laurin-based transesterification oil containing 12 to 38 mass % of SSU type triglyceride or an oil-and-fat B obtained by partially hydrogenating the oil-and-fat A so as to obtain a soft portion.