Patent ID: 9357790
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A23D,A23J,B01F,B01J,C11B,C11C

Claim Text:
1. A two-step process for removing impurities from crude vegetable oil, comprising the steps of: mixing the crude vegetable oil with phospholipid removal agents so as to form an initial process fluid; subjecting the initial process fluid to a first hydrodynamic cavitation treatment; separating the cavitated initial process fluid into phospholipids and an intermediate process vegetable oil; mixing the intermediate process vegetable oil with a wax removal reagent so as to form an intermediate process fluid; subjecting the intermediate process fluid to a second hydrodynamic cavitation treatment; cooling the cavitated intermediate process fluid to at least twenty-five degrees Celsius; subjecting the cavitated intermediate process fluid to a winterization process for between thirty and sixty minutes; and separating the winterized intermediate process fluid into waxes and purified vegetable oil.