Patent ID: 8828447
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A23D,A23J,A23L,C11B

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a polyunsaturated, long-chain fatty acids (PUFA)-enriched phospholipid product from a marine oil comprising the steps of: providing a marine oil containing lipids and phospholipids; mixing the marine oil with a polar solvent, wherein the ratio of polar solvent to marine oil is about 5:95 to about 25:75; centrifuging the mixture of the marine oil and the polar solvent to separate a polar fraction from a lipid fraction; mixing the polar fraction with the polar solvent and marine oil, which has not been treated in the step of mixing with the polar solvent to provide a mixture comprising up to about 5% polar solvent; about 25% to about 75% marine oil and polar fraction to balance; separating the mixture into a concentrated polar fraction and a lipid fraction; and isolating the PUFA-enriched phospholipid product from the concentrated polar fraction.