Patent ID: 6011164
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: A01H,A23D

Abstract:
An improved edible vegetable oil having an improved distribution of fatty acids formed by the process consisting essentially of crushing and extracting Brassica napus oilseeds wherein said distribution of fatty acids is endogenously formed and said vegetable oil exhibits (1) an alpha-linolenic acid content of 1 to less than 3.5 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, (2) an oleic acid content of at least 77 up to approximately 84 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, (3) a total saturated fatty acid content of no more than 4.5 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, and (4) an erucic acid content of no more than 2 percent by weight based upon the total fatty acid content, and wherein each of said recited traits of said oil was controlled by genetic means in the absence of cancellation as the result of the formation of the other recited traits.