Mild refining of triglyceride oil
AssigneeLipton
InventorsArend Zwanenburg, Marcho Stefanov Kouumdjiev, Jose Anibal Trujillo-Quijano
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Abstract
Process for refining a triglyceride oil comprising stripping a triglyceride oil with an inert gas, characterized in that the refining process further comprises the preceding exposure of the triglyceride oil to an aqueous solution of ascorbic acid. Hydroperoxides are destroyed at a temperature <120.degree. C. and within one hour.
Claims11
Process for refining a triglyceride oil which contains >0.01 ppm of iron in a soluble form comprising stripping a triglyceride oil with an inert gas and, preceding the stripping, the exposure of the triglyceride oil to an aqueous solution of ascorbic acid.
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