Low SAFA oils

Process for the production of liquid oils with a SAFA-content below 5 wt. %, wherein a triglyceride fatty compound (A) comprising at least a saturated and an unsaturated fatty acid moiety, is converted by reaction with a reactant B comprising a polyhydroxy compound to form different non-triglyceride reaction products comprising diglycerides and mono-glycerides with different fatty acid composition (SU, SS and UU), which products have a different melting point and/or different solubility in compound A and decreasing the SAFA-level of liquid oil product by precipitating and removing the higher melting and/or less soluble non-triglyceride reaction products.

Process according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the reactant B is selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxy compounds, preferably glycerol, long chain fatty alcohols (6-22 C-atoms); long chain unsaturated fatty acids or their esters and basic salts of inorganic cations.

A process of producing liquid oils having a SAFA-content below 5 wt. % which comprises reacting, in the presence of an enzyme, (a) a triglyceride fatty compound (A) comprising at least a saturated and an unsaturated fatty acid moiety with (b) a polyhydroxy compound to form a liquid oil product containing non-triglyceride components comprising diglycerides and mono-glycerides with different fatty acid composition (SS, SU and UU) having different melting points and/or different solubility in the triglyceride, (c) reducing the SAFA content of the liquid oil product by precipitating and removing therefrom higher melting and/or less soluble non-triglycerides, and (d) enzymatically reacting the liquid oil product reduced in SAFA content obtained in (c) with an unsaturated fatty acid to decrease the SAFA content of the liquid oil product further.