Method for preparing hard butters from palm oil
OwnerJunji Kanegae, Tsugio Izumi +1inventors
InventorsJunji Kanegae, Tsugio Izumi, Akio Mandai
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Abstract
Hard butters, which are suitable replacements for cacao butter and which may be used for confectionary products without the occurrence of blooming, are obtained by hydrogenating a soft palm oil fraction having an iodine value of at least 55 with a conventional hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of methionine, whereby at least 40% of the glycerides are trans-isomers (calculated as trielaidine) and, optionally separating the middle-fraction of the hydrogenated product.
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A process for preparing a hard butter from palm oil, said method comprising hydrogenating a soft palm oil fraction having an iodine value of at least 55 with a conventional hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of methionine to thereby form a hardened product containing at least 40% of trans-isomers.
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