Edible oil and production process thereof
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsYoshinobu Nakajima, Tsutomu Nishide, Tadashi Sakuma
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an edible oil containing at least 15% by weight of diacylglycerol and 2 to 10% by weight of phytosterol and being a transparent liquid at normal temperature, wherein the content of hydrocarbons having 29 to 31 carbon atoms in the oil and fat is at most 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of the phytosterol. The edible oil dissolve phytosterol at a high concentration therein and cause no turbidity at a low temperature.
Claims13
An edible oil composition comprising:
- a) at least 15% by weight of diacylglycerol;
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- b) 2 to 10% by weight of phytosterol having a content of hydrocarbons having 29 to 31 carbon atoms of at most 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of the phytosterol, wherein said edible oil composition is a transparent liquid at from 0 to 5° C.
A process for producing an edible oil composition, which is liquid at normal temperature, which comprises dissolving a phytosterol composition the content of hydrocarbons having 29 to 31 carbon atoms in which is at most 1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of phytosterol in an oil comprising at least 15% by weight of diacylglycerol so as to give a phytosterol concentration of 2 to 10% by weight.
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