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US 5,962,056 AGranted
Process for purifying olive oil
AssigneeBaxter International Inc.
InventorChristian Melin
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Abstract
A process for purifying olive oil which includes neutralizing the oil with an amount of a saturated aqueous solution of crystalline disodium carbonate equivalent to two to ten times the weight of oleic acid in the oil calculated after assay; allowing the aqueous phase to separate and washing the oil until the oil is substantially neutral; and drying the oil and decolorizing the oil using a bleaching earth under an inert atmosphere.
Claims4
A process for making a purified olive oil for use in enteral and parenteral nutritional formulations, the method comprising:
- providing an olive oil sample to be purified having a previously determined oleic acid content;
- neutralizing the oleic acid present in the oil by contacting the oil sample with an amount of a saturated aqueous solution of alkaline carbonate equivalent to two to ten times the weight of oleic acid present in the oil sample, allowing an aqueous phase to separate and washing the oil with water until complete neutrality to provide a neutralized oil sample;
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- drying and decolouring the neutralized oil sample by contacting the neutralized oil sample with bleaching earth under an inert atmosphere at a temperature of between about 20.degree. C. to about 80.degree. C. to provide a purified oil product having an acceptably low amount of peroxides, free acids and pigments for enteral and parenteral nutritional administration.
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