INTERESTERIFICATION OF LOW SATURATE SUNFLOWER OIL AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS
A method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat and interesterifying the sunflower oil. Another method of producing a interesterified oil includes providing sunflower oil comprising about 3.3% or less total combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0), and interesterifying the sunflower oil.
1 . A method of producing a interesterified oil, the method comprising:
providing sunflower oil comprising no more than about 4% total saturated fat; and
interesterifying the sunflower oil.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sunflower oil comprises at least about 88% oleic acid (18:1).
3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sunflower oil comprises less than about 3% palmitic acid (16:0).
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein interesterifying the sunflower oil comprises the use of a chemical catalyst.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the chemical catalyst is selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkalki metal alkylates, alkali metal hydroxides, alkali metal alcoholates, alkali metal alloys, Na/K alloys, sodium methoxide, sodium ethoxide, and sodium stearate.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein interesterifying the sunflower oil comprises the use of an enzymatic catalyst.
7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the enzymatic catalyst is a lipase.
8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the enzymatic catalyst is a 1, 3 specific lipase.
9 . An interesterified oil produced by the process of claim 1 .
10 . The interesterified oil according to claim 9 , wherein at least 50% of the fatty acids at the 2 position of glycerol in the oil are unsaturated.
11 . The interesterified oil according to claim 9 , wherein at least 50% of the fatty acids at the 2 position of glycerol oil are oleic acid.
12 . An interesterified sunflower oil wherein wherein at least 50% of the fatty acids at the 2 position of glycerol in the oil are unsaturated.
13 . The interesterified sunflower oil of claim 12 , wherein at least 50% of the fatty acids at the 2 position of glycerol in the oil are oleic acid.
14 . A method of producing a interesterified oil, the method comprising:
providing sunflower oil comprising about 3.3% or less total combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0); and
interesterifying the sunflower oil.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the oil content of the sunflower oil comprises combined palmitic acid (16:0) and stearic acid (18:0) of about or less than 3%.
16 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the sunflower oil comprises at least about 90% oleic acid (18:1).
17 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein interesterifying the sunflower oil comprises the use of a chemical catalyst.
18 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein interesterifying the sunflower oil comprises the use of an enzymatic catalyst.
19 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the enzymatic catalyst is a 1, 3 specific lipase.
20 . An interesterified oil produced by the process of claim 14 .