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AssigneeNippon Oil Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyoji Ohgake, Mitsuo Okada, Hiroyuki Takashima, Teruo Shimizu, Narihito Yamamoto
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An oil and fat composition for food processing machines comprises polyglycerides of medium chain saturated fatty acids and/or mixed polyglycerides of medium chain saturated fatty acids and long chain saturated fatty acids and, optionally, triglycerides of medium chain saturated fatty acids. The composition is safe for food sanitation, has excellent oxidation stability and lubricating property and a suitable degree of viscosity and cloud point as well as a high viscosity and a low temperature fluidity which cannot be attained by MCT and is favorably utilized as lubricating oil for food processing machines and tools and agricultural machines and tools.
A method for lubricating parts of food or agricultural products processing machines and tools or surfaces of items for the storage, preparation, cooking or handling of food or agricultural products by applying to said parts or surfaces an oil or fat composition which comprises an ester of a medium chain saturated fatty acid of 6 to 10 carbon atoms and a polyglycerol and/or a mixed fatty acid ester of a polyglycerol, the mixed fatty acid being a medium chain saturated fatty acid of 6 to 10 carbon atoms and a long chain saturated fatty acid of more than 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, a triglyceride of a medium chain saturated fatty acid of 6 to 10 carbon atoms.
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