Patent ID: 6355693
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A23L,A61K,C11B,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for producing a polar lipid rich fractionated vegetable oil from plant material, which is useful as a surface active agent, said method consisting essentially of:a. extracting plant material with a non-polar solvent to obtain a crude oil comprising non-polar and polar lipids; b. mixing said crude oil with an alcohol at a controlled temperature to provide a two-phase system consisting of an alcohol phase and an oil phase; c. recovering said alcohol phase from said two-phase system; d. evaporating said alcohol from said alcohol phase to provide said polarhlipid rich fractionated vegetable oil; and e. in the absence of further purification or degumming prior to using said polar lipid rich fractionated vegetable oil as a surface active agent.