IP Library › Granted Patent US 12692521
Granted Patent B2
US 12692521 · App. 17/905,859 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Method for producing fat/oil

Inventor: Tatsuya Shinoda (Kakamigahara, JP)
Assignee: Amano Enzyme Inc.
C12P7/64C12N9/20C12N11/00C12Y301/01003
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Patent No.
US 12692521
App. No.
17/905,859
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an effective new means for efficiently reducing the amount of diacylglycerol in a fat/oil (by conversion into triacylglycerol). Disclosed is a method for producing a fat/oil, including a step in which a lipase having a ratio of transesterification activity to hydrolysis activity of 0.007 or higher is caused to act on a diacylglycerol-containing fat/oil.

Claims (9)

1 . A method of converting diacylglycerol in a fat/oil into triacylglycerol, comprising:

(a) determining a moisture content of the fat/oil to be 110 ppm or more, and

(b) transesterifying the diacylglycerol in the fat/oil with an immobilized lipase having a ratio of transesterification activity to hydrolysis activity of 0020 or more.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a moisture content of the diacylglycerol-containing fat/oil is 110 ppm or more.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio is 0.020 or more.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the moisture content is 1000 ppm or less.

5 . A method of converting diacylglycerol in a fat/oil into triacylglycerol, comprising:

(a) determining a moisture content of the fat/oil to be less than 110 ppm, and

(b) transesterifying the diacylglycerol in the fat/oil with an immobilized lipase having a ratio of transesterification activity to hydrolysis activity of 0.001 or more.