Patent ID: 8425969

Claim:
A cooking oil composition including an additive, the cooking oil composition having been subjected to frying temperatures, the additive comprising a biophenol-based extract derived from plant parts of a Rutaceae plant family, wherein the extract is present in an amount sufficient to reduce oil absorption into food fried in the cooking oil composition, wherein the biophenol-based extract is produced by extracting the plant parts using a solvent extraction medium selected from the group consisting of water, alcohol, acetone, a mixture of alcohol and chloroform, and combinations thereof, wherein the extract contains three or more chemical compounds selected from the group consisting of pinene, citronellal, terpinen-4-ol, citronellol, citronellyl acetate, geranial, geranial acetate, neral, carotenoids, tocopherols, tocotrienols, flavonoids, eriocitrin, neoeriocitrin, narirutin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, didymin, lutein, furocoumarins, carbazole, and combinations thereof.