Patent ID: 9388435
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A23D,C10M,C11B,C12N,C12P,C12Y,H01B,H01F

Claim Text:
1. A method of producing an RBD microbial oil, wherein the microbial oil has a pour point of less than about −5° C., and wherein the fatty acid composition of the microbial oil is at least 50 area % C18:1 fatty acids and less than 10 area % C18:2 fatty acids, as determined by fatty acid methyl ester gas chromatography flame ionization detection methods, the method comprising: a. cultivating a genetically engineered microbe engineered to express one or more exogenous genes until the microbe has at least 10% oil by dry weight; b. separating the oil from the microbe; and c. subjecting the oil to refining, bleaching, deodorizing or degumming to produce RBD microbial oil.