Patent ID: 8916721

Claim:
A composition consisting of an ester made by the trans-esterification reaction of; (a) a fatty alcohol, having a melting point of between 35° C. and 75° C.; (b) with a triglyceride having a iodine value of between 75 and 195 mg KOH/gm and (c) optionally a catalyst, forming a mixture of unreacted triglyceride, monoglyceride, diglyceride, glycerin and unsaturated ester of the triglyceride reacted with the fatty alcohol; said trans-esterification conducted at as temperature of 150-200° C. for 4 to 10 hours; said composition is allowed to cool without agitation to 25° C., over a period of at least 30 minutes, whereupon a top solid layer forms and a bottom liquid layer forms; finally, the bottom layer is removed.