Unilever Patent Holdings B.v.

Unilever Bestfoods, North America Division of Conopco, Inc.

Michael Gude

Eckhard Flöter

Hessel Turksma

Albertje Johanna Knoops

Jan Van Buuren

Johannes Arie Laan

Karel P A M Van Putte

Williams Andreas De Groot

Liquid margarines and other pourable dispersions which contain a hardstock fat derived from plant waxes. The fat consists of a mixture of triglycerides, which fat is non-hydrogenated and contains less than 10 wt. % of fatty acid residues with a chain length of 6&#x2013;10 carbon atoms, of which less than 50 wt. % of the triglycerides consist of monoacyl triglycerides and which fat is characterized in that its content of fatty acid residues which are saturated and contain at least 20 carbon atoms is at least 30 wt. %, preferably at least 40 wt. % and more preferably at least 50 wt. % calculated on total fatty acid residues. Such fat can be obtained by a process comprising the steps:

Pourable fatty dispersions

Process for debittering olive oil comprising the exposure of olive oil which contains bitter polyphenols for at least 30 seconds to a finely dispersed aqueous phase, preferably consisting of hard drinking water, of which the pH is at least 5.5.

Debittering of olive oil

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Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Michael Gude