Patent ID: 8440435

Claim:
A method for reducing 1,2-diglyceride content of an edible oil comprising: admixing the edible oil with an acyl acceptor substrate and a diglyceride: glycerol acyl transferase (DGAT), wherein: in the edible oil the DGAT transfers an acyl group from a diglyceride to a glycerol; the acyl acceptor substrate has a hydroxy (—OH) group; and, the edible oil is one or more of the following oils: oils extracted from or derived from palm oil, palm olein, palm stearin, palm mid fraction or olive oil; wherein the DGAT reduces diglyceride in palm oil in an assay comprising admixing 1 gram of palm oil containing 7% diglyceride with 50 mg glycerol and 10 μl of the DGAT with stirring and heating at 40° C. for 20 hours.