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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:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo & Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435134 ; 435176 ; 435939 ;
Abstract
A process of an enzymatic interesterification in a low water content condition, which comprises subjecting a reaction liquid containing (a) a fat or oil and (b) a member selected from the group consisting of (i) another fat or oil, (ii) a fatty acid ester with a lower alcohol and (iii) a fatty acid to the action of a lipase in the form of dried Rhizopus cells while maintaining the water concentration between 5 and 1000 ppm in the reaction liquid during the reaction. In accordance with the process of the present invention, an interesterification of fat or oil can be carried out efficiently in a high yield.