Patent ID: 9499768
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: C11B,C11C

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing a vegetable fat composition (VFC), the method comprising the steps of: providing the vegetable fat composition (VFC); in a first neutralization step (FNS), separating free fatty acids from the vegetable fat composition (VFC) thereby obtaining a neutralized vegetable fat composition (NVF); in a separation step (FRA), separating the neutralized vegetable fat composition (NVF) into a first fraction (FF) rich in StOO and/or OOO and a second fraction (SF) rich in StOSt (where St=stearic acid and O=oleic acid), in a second neutralization step (SNS), adding a second base (SB) to the first fraction (FF) thereby obtaining a neutralized first fraction (NFF); feeding the neutralized first fraction (NFF) and a stearic acid source (SAS) into an enzymatic transesterification step (ETE) to transesterify the neutralized first fraction (NFF) by using enzymes with 1,3-specific transesterification activity thereby obtaining a transesterified first fraction (TFF).