Process for reducing pollutants in fats and oils and their derivatives
AssigneeSoluciones Extractivas Alimentarias, S.L.
InventorsFernando Moreno Egea, Laura Gil Puig
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AssigneeSoluciones Extractivas Alimentarias, S.L.
InventorsFernando Moreno Egea, Laura Gil Puig
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The present invention describes a process to reduce or eliminate at least one pollutant in a starting material, said starting material is at least one of an oil, a fat, its derivatives and mixtures thereof, of animal, krill, algae or microbial origin or biofuel, being totally or partially esterified or transesterified, or of vegetable origin, being raw, esterified or transesterified, to which optionally it is added a fluid, said fluid is at least one of an ester, a partial glyceride, a monoglyceride, a diglyceride and mixtures thereof, subjecting the starting material to at least one stage of extraction or chromatography or distillation. The process of the invention provides a product suitable to be used in food, pharmacy, cosmetic and as a dietary supplement.
A process to eliminate or reduce a pollutant in a starting material without addition of any fluid to the starting material before the process, wherein the starting material is a compound selected from the group consisting of ethyl esters of oils, fats, its derivatives and mixtures thereof, either of animal, krill, algae or microbial origin or biofuels, or of vegetable origin characterized in that process comprises at least one step of extraction, chromatography, distillation, or a combination thereof.
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