Refining
Technology of fatty substances (oils and vegetable fats)

The aim of vegetable oil refining is to provide oils that meet the expectations of consumers and industrial users:

• Our aim is to offer consumers an oil that is healthy, clear and bright, with little color and neutral organoleptic characteristics;

• for the food industry, the oil must meet a comprehensive set of specifications: excellent product quality, batch traceability, absence of contaminants and undesirable compounds, and good stability over time.

The nature of these undesirable compounds, their origin and content, as well as the disadvantages of their presence, are listed in table 3...