Environmental friendly food grade lubricants from edible triglycerides containing FDA approved additives

A lubricant composition, comprising;

• (A) a major amount of at least one genetically modified vegetable oil or synthetic triglyceride oil of the formula ##STR28## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are aliphatic groups that are at least 60 percent monounsaturated and further wherein an oleic acid moiety:linoleic acid moiety ratio is from 2 up to about 90, and the R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 groups contain from about 7 to about 23 carbon atoms, and
• (B) a minor amount of at least one performance additive comprising
• (1) a phenol comprising
• (a) an alkyl phenol of the formula ##STR29## (b) a methylene bridged phenol of the formula ##STR30## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are aliphatic groups that independently contain from 1 up to about 12 carbon atoms and R.sup.6 is hydrogen, an aliphatic or alkoxy group that contains from 1 up to about 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.7 is an aliphatic group that contains from 1 up to about 18 carbon atoms and a is an integer of from 0 to 3, or mixtures of the alkyl phenol and methylene bridged phenol;
• (2) an N-acyl derivative of sarcosine of the formula ##STR31## wherein R.sup.8 is an aliphatic group that contains from 1 up to about 24 carbon atoms;
• (3) a phosphorus amine salt of the formula ##STR32## wherein R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are independently aliphatic groups containing from about 4 up to about 24 carbon atoms, R.sup.22 and R.sup.23 are independently hydrogen or aliphatic groups containing from about 1 up to about 18 aliphatic carbon atoms, the sum of m and n is 3 and X is oxygen or sulfur.
• (4) a partially esterified aliphatic ester of glycerol of the formula ##STR33## wherein R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 are aliphatic groups that contains from 7 up to about 23 carbon atoms;
• (5) a sorbitan ester ##STR34## wherein the sum of w, x, y and z is either zero or from 10-60 and R.sup.13 is an aliphatic group containing from 7 up to about 23 carbon atoms;
• (6) an aromatic amine of the formula ##STR35## wherein R.sup.14 is ##STR36## and R.sup.15 and R.sup.16 are independently a hydrogen or an alkyl group containing from 1 up to about 24 carbon atoms;
• or
• (7) an imidazoline of the formula ##STR37## wherein R.sup.17 is an aliphatic group containing from 1 up to about 24 carbon atoms and R.sup.18 is an alkylene group containing from 1 up to about 24 carbon atoms.