Neutralization

The neutralization process is used in the industry as a chemical treatment of oils and fats in order to remove FFA by producing soapstock. Depending on the client’s requirements IncBio’s system can be integrated into an acid degumming system, whereby the oil is acidulated after a water wash in order to remove hydratable gums, and the non-hydratable gums and soapstock are removed in the same centrifugation step, or it can be installed as an independent process positioned after degumming and bleaching of the oil.

Upon completion of the neutralization step the neutralized oil is washed with water in order to remove traces of soapstock. As with all our systems that require intensive mixing, our in-house developed ultrasonic reactors are used in the neutralization process.

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