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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven S Marschner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jeffrey B Fine, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ; C11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426601 ; 260420 ; 260428 ; 426417 ; 426476 ; 426488 ; 426492 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are physical processes for fats and oils, especially fish oil, involving simultaneous deodorization and cholesterol level reduction. Either freshly refined or stored oils that have oxidized (reverted fish oil) can be treated. In the process the fish oil is deaerated, mixed with steam, heated, flash vaporized, thin-film stripped with countercurrent steam, cooled (all steps being performed under vacuum), and then stored under oxygen free conditions. The process provides fish oils which are clean tasting and from which has been removed substantially all of the free or non-esterified cholesterol.