Kao Corporation

Yoshitaka Hirota

Kouichi Urata

Yukitaka Tanaka

Hideki Yokomichi

Yoshiharu Kawahara

The interesterification of fats and oils is effectively conducted in the presence of an enzymatic preparation which has an interesterification activity and has been prepared by adding fats and oils to a mixture of a lipase activator, a lipase and a carrier.

Esterification process of fats and oils and enzymatic preparation to use

The interesterification between an oil or fat and a fatty acid or between an oil or fat and another is improved by use of a lipase preparation in which lipase has been activated by water or a lower, dihydric or trihydric alcohol.

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Hasaki-machi, Japan

Yoshitaka Hirota