Patent ID: 11891584
Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  A | IPC A  B  C

Claim 0:
1. A process for reducing the content of free chloropropanols and chloropropanol fatty acid esters in a vegetable oil, and the process is comprising the following steps in order:
a) degumming step,
b) neutralization step,
c) first bleaching step,
d) first deodorizing step at a deodorization temperature below 230° C.,
e) short path evaporating step,
f) second bleaching step,
g) second deodorizing step
h) collecting a vegetable oil having a content of free chloropropanols and chloropropanol fatty acid esters of not more than 500 ppb and having a color expressed as its red component equal or below 3.0;
wherein the vegetable oil is derived from palm oil.