Method for producing vitamin E-enriched, especially tocotrienol-enriched, compositions from natural oils

US10017712B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andrew Boam · London, GB
• Yuri Bouwhuis · Princeton, US
• Velichka Yordanova Koleva · Haltern am See, DE
• Maria Ines Fontes Rocha · London, GB
• Michael Schwarm · Alzenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C11B3/008
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to a process for manufacturing products enriched in the content of at least one vitamin E component, preferably tocotrienol, using solvent extraction and membrane filtration.