A method for bleaching rice bran oil with silica gel
Authors:
A. G. Gopala Krishna
Affiliation:
(1) Department of Confectionery & Convenience Foods, C.F.T.R.I., 013 Mysore-570, India
Abstract:
The color of bleached rice bran oil can be improved by silica gel treatment of the oil miscella before or after dewaxing. A silica gel/oil/solvent ratio of 1:5:5 (wt/wt/vol) is suitable. Silica gel treatment can be carried out either by column percolation or by merely shaking the miscella with the gel followed by decantation. However, column percolation is more efficient, with 30–72% color reductionvs. 19–36% reduction for shaking and decanting.