Patents

Oils contain undesirable minor components, impurities and other suspended matter that unless removed, render the oil commercially unsuitable producing the haziness and also precipitate creating a turbid product. The present invention provides a physical clarification process for the removal of haziness and sediments of coconut and similar oils in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The process comprises a pressure bag filtration containing filter elements serving as a depth medium to trap solids and placed in line carrying the oil to be clarified.. The main advantage of the invention is that it does not use any agglomerating agent, chemical alkalis to produce a clear oil which will not develop haziness even after prolonged period of storage.