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Pretreatment of edible oils for physical refining
Author(s) -
Segers J. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02543497
Subject(s) - refining (metallurgy) , edible oil , biochemical engineering , process engineering , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , engineering , food science , materials science , metallurgy
Physical refining of edible oils is briefly reviewed. Recent developments regarding the pretreatment of oils and fats are described in detail and methods are critically evaluated with special emphasis on their effectiveness in removing undesired minor components, their cost of operation and their effect on the environment.