Interesterification of low saturate sunflower oil and related methods and compositions
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsJames Gerdes, Thomas G. Patterson, Joshua Flook
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Abstract
A method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat and interesterifying the sunflower oil. Another method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising about 3.3% or less total combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0), and interesterifying the sunflower oil.
Claims20
A method of producing a interesterified oil, the method comprising:
- providing sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat;
- and
- interesterifying the sunflower oil.
An interesterified sunflower oil wherein wherein at least 50% of the fatty acids at the 2 position of glycerol in the oil are unsaturated.
A method of producing a interesterified oil, the method comprising:
- providing sunflower oil comprising about 3.3% or less total combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0);
- and
- interesterifying the sunflower oil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.