Patent ID: 9040730
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A23L,B01D,C11B

Abstract:
1. A process for reducing the amount of sterol in a sterol-containing microbial oil composition obtained from microbial biomass of recombinant Yarrowia cells, said method comprising: a) distilling, at least once under short path distillation conditions, the sterol-containing microbial oil composition, wherein said oil composition comprises: wherein said distillation produces a distillate fraction comprising the sterol and a triacylglycerol-containing fraction having a reduced amount of the sterol when compared to the amount of sterol in the sterol-containing microbial oil composition that has not been subjected to short path distillation; and b) optionally, recovering the triacylglycerol-containing fraction; wherein said