A PROCESS FOR DECREASING ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS IN AN OIL OR A FAT, A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS DECREASING WORKING FLUID, A HEALTH SUPPLEMENT, AND AN ANIMAL FEED PRODUCT

摘要

The invention relates to a process for decreasing the amount of environmentalpollutants in a mixture comprising a fat or an oil, being edible or for use incosmetics, the fat or oil containing the environmental pollutants, whichprocess comprises the steps of adding a volatile working fluid to the mixture,where the volatile working fluid comprises at least one of a fatty acid ester,a fatty acid amide, a free fatty acid and a hydro-carbon, and subjecting themixture with the added volatile working fluid to at least one strippingprocessing step, in which an amount of environmental pollutant pre-sent in thefat or oil, being edible or for use in cosmetics, is separated from themixture together with the volatile working fluid. The present invention alsorelates to a volatile environmental pollutants decreasing working fluid, foruse in decreasing an amount of environmental pollutants present in a fat oroil, being edible or for use in cosmetics. In addition, the present inventionrelates to a health supplement, a pharmaceutical and an animal feed productprepared according to the process mentioned above.