ODOURLESS SHEA BASED ESTERS

• Main Authors: NORBERG, Staffan, ALANDER, Jari
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.11.2019
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENTS; EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS, COOKINGOILS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PERFUMES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRODUCING (PRESSING, EXTRACTION), REFINING AND PRESERVINGFATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES (e.g. LANOLIN), FATTY OILS AND WAXES,INCLUDING EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS; SEPARATION; STEROIDS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

There are provided odorless shea based esters as an ingredient composition comprising: a) 81-97 wt % of at least one short chain alcohol alkyl ester, at least partially from a natural source, b) 3-19 wt % of triterpene esters where at least one is a cinnamic triterpene ester, and c) 1100 ppm or less of at least one short chain alcohol cinnamic ester. There is further provided a method of manufacturing the composition comprising a deodorization step. An advantage is that an odourless or an almost odourless composition can be provided.