Method for producing cacao butter substitute
AssigneeFuji Oil Company, Limited
InventorsTakahal Matsuo, Masahiko Terashima, Yukio Hasimoto, Wataru Hasida
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AssigneeFuji Oil Company, Limited
InventorsTakahal Matsuo, Masahiko Terashima, Yukio Hasimoto, Wataru Hasida
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Improved method for producing fats and oils rich in 1,3-disaturated-2-unsaturated-triglycerides (e.g. 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl compound and 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl compound) useful as a cacao butter substitute, which comprises cultivating a microorganism being capable of assimilating a higher alkyl derivative and producing fats and oils containing 1,3-disaturated-2-unsaturated-triglycerides in a specific medium containing a mixed carbon source comprising at least one stearyl compound and at least one of other carbon compounds selected from a palmityl compound, an oleyl compound and a saccharide under an aerobic condition, collecting the cells of the microorganism and recovering the fats and oils from the cells.
In a method for producing fats and oils rich in 1,3-disaturated-2-unsaturated-triglycerides useful as a cacao butter substitute, comprising cultivating a microorganism being capable of assimilating a higher alkyl derivative and producing fats and oils containing 1,3-disaturated-2-unsaturated-triglycerides in a medium under an aerobic condition, collecting the cells of the microorganism and recovering the fats and oils from the cells, the improvement wherein the medium contains a mixed carbon source comprising at least one stearyl compound selected from the group consisting of an alkyl stearate having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, vinyl stearate, stearyl acetate, stearyl alcohol, stearyl chloride and ammonium stearate, and at least one other carbon compound selected from the group consisting of a palmityl compound, an oleyl compound and a saccharide.
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