The invention discloses a method for synthesizing and purifying high-purity fatty acyl
monoglyceride, which comprises the following steps: (1) mixing fat, free
fatty acid and a
solid catalyst, vacuumizing, stirring, heating, obtaining a mixture of fat, adding
glycerol into the mixture of fat, performing refluxing esterification and ester exchange reactions, controlling the temperature of cooling water in a
reflux condenser to allow water generated in esterification to be pumped out under vacuum and allow
glycerol to be condensed and refluxed, and demixing the products of the reaction, wherein the upper layer is a
glyceride layer; (2) removing unreacted free
fatty acid and
glycerol from the
glyceride layer through primary molecular
distillation; and (3) subjecting the
glyceride layer from which the free
fatty acid and glycerol are removed to secondary molecular
distillation, and obtaining a distillate and a
distillation residue, wherein the distillate is high-purity fatty acyl
monoglyceride and the distillation residue is
diglyceride or
triglyceride. When the method is used, the process is shortened, equipment investment is saved, and the primary yield of the product is increased greatly.