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Continuous process for the interesterification of fats or oils

US5190868A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 1991
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC11C3/10
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a process for the interesterification of oil or fat by treating such oil or fat in presence of a fatty acid or fatty acid ester or different oil or fat wherein a reactor column that is packed with an alkaline high molecular weight lipase preparation containing 0 to 5% moisture is fed with a substrate solution composed of the above oil or fat and fatty acid or fatty acid ester or different oil or fat for a continuous reaction in such a manner that the substrate solution contains 100 to 1800 ppm moisture and 50 to 800 ppm moisture at the inlet and outlet, respectively, of the column.

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