Patent ID: 9296977
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A23D,C11B,C11C

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing a fatty acid composition having a content of saturated fatty acid of 8% by mass or less, comprising: (1) providing a fatty acid mixture by adjusting the component ratio of a decomposed fatty acid composition, wherein said decomposed fatty acid composition is obtained by hydrolyzing a fat or oil without performing distillation of the decomposed fatty acid composition, so that in said fatty acid mixture the content of fatty acid is from 80 to 96% by mass, the content of monoacylglycerol is from 0.3 to 8% by mass, the content of diacylglycerol is from 1 to 12% by mass, and the mass ratio of diacylglycerol to monoacylglycerol [(DAG)/(MAG)] is from 0.5 to 40; (2) cooling the fatty acid mixture from (1) to a temperature within the range from a temperature that is 4° C. lower than the cloud point of the fatty acid mixture to a temperature that is 10° C. lower than the cloud point of the fatty acid mixture, then mixing an aqueous wetting agent solution therewith, and maintaining the temperature of the mixture within the above-mentioned range thereby providing a final fatty acid mixture comprising a precipitated solid phase, an aqueous phase, and a liquid oil phase; and (3) separating the solid phase from the final fatty acid mixture (2) and the aqueous phase from the liquid oil phase, thereby obtaining the fatty acid composition in the form of a liquid oil phase.