degumming
food processing
Also known as: water refining
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refining of fixed oils
- In fat and oil processing: Water refining
Water refining, usually called degumming, consists of treating the natural oil with a small amount of water, followed by centrifugal separation. The process is applied to many oils that contain phospholipids in significant amounts. Since the separated phospholipids are rather waxy or gummy solids, the term degumming was quite…
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