Patent ID: 8420342
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A23D,C11B,C11C,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. An interesterification method for preparing a food, feed or an oil comprising the following steps: (a) providing an interesterification reaction mixture comprising a stearic acid source material selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, stearic acid monoesters of low molecular weight monohydric alcohols and mixtures thereof, (b) providing a food, feed or an oil containing a triacylglyceride; (c) providing a polypeptide having a palmitase activity, said polypeptide being selected from the group consisting of isolated, synthetic and recombinant polypeptides having a palmitase activity and said polypeptide either (d) interesterifying the stearic acid source material and the triacylglyceride of the food, feed, or oil, and (e) separating free fatty acid components from interesterified glyceride components of the interesterification mixture to provide an interesterified oil product and a fatty acid mixture comprising fatty acids, fatty acid monoesters, or mixtures thereof released from the food, feed or oil.