ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,292, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Oils without unwanted contaminants" was invented by Falk Bruse (Drensteinfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for preparing a refined vegetable oil. It relates to a process for reducing the content of free chloropropanols and chloropropanol fatty acid esters in a vegetable oil, and it is comprising the following steps in order: a) refining a vegetable oil, wherein the refining is comprising at least a deodorization step at a temperature below 230deg C., and subjecting the refined vegetable oil to a short path evapo...