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Deacidification of high FFA rice bran oil by reesterification and alkali neutralization
Author(s) -
Bhattacharyya A. C.,
Bhattacharyya D. K.
Publication year - 1987
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/bf02546267
Subject(s) - rice bran oil , neutralization , chemistry , bran , food science , alkali metal , glycerol , pulp and paper industry , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , engineering , raw material , immunology , antibody
Rice bran oils of 15 to 30% free fatty acid can be deacidified to low levels by reesterification with glycerol after degumming and dewaxing. The reesterification can by combined with conventional alkali neutralization and bleaching to produce light color edible oil.