Deodorized Oil Composition with Silicone Oil for Heat Coloring Suppression

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing edible oils and fats deteriorate when exposed to heat, leading to increased acid value, flavor, and color tone degradation, which affects the quality of fried products and requires technologies to suppress heat coloring.

Innovation Solution

A composition of 93% or more deodorized oil and/or fat, combined with 0.5 to 10 mass ppm silicone oil, where the deodorized oil and/or fat includes specific refined palm-based, soybean, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, and rapeseed oils, effectively suppressing heat coloring.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If deodorized oil and/or fat is used for frying, then the oil provides good frying performance, but the oil undergoes heat coloring and deterioration when exposed to heat

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefrying performanceVSAvoidheat coloring
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Silicone oil is introduced as an intermediary substance that specifically suppresses heat coloring of the deodorized oil and/or fat during frying. The silicone oil content (0.5 to 10 mass ppm) acts as a mediator between the frying oil and heat, preventing direct thermal degradation while maintaining frying performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite oil composition by combining deodorized oil and/or fat (93% or more) with silicone oil (0.5 to 10 mass ppm). This composite material leverages the frying properties of deodorized oil while the silicone oil component provides heat coloring suppression, achieving synergistic effects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Manufacturing precision

If the oil and/or fat is refined to reduce deterioration, then the acid value decreases, but the color tone still darkens due to heat exposure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveacid value controlVSAvoidcolor tone degradation
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Silicone oil serves as an intermediary that specifically targets and suppresses heat-induced color tone darkening. While refining controls acid value, the silicone oil addition provides an additional mechanism to prevent color degradation that refining alone cannot achieve.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention changes the chemical composition parameters of the oil by adding silicone oil at specific concentrations (0.5 to 10 mass ppm). This parameter change introduces a new functional component that suppresses heat coloring without affecting the acid value control achieved through refining.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the oil and/or fat is exposed to heat for frying, then cooking is enabled, but oxidative deterioration occurs in the presence of oxygen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecooking capabilityVSAvoidoxidative stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Silicone oil acts as an intermediary substance that suppresses oxidative deterioration during heat exposure. The silicone oil forms a protective effect that reduces oxygen interaction with the frying oil, maintaining oxidative stability while enabling continuous cooking operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250024850A1Oil and/or fat composition and method for producing same
Publication Date: 2025.01.23 THE NISSHIN OILLIO GRP LTD

AI summary

The present invention is to provide a technique capable of suppressing heat coloring of an oil and/or fat composition. The present invention pertains to an oil and/or fat composition comprising 93 mass % or more of a deodorized oil and/or fat, wherein a silicone oil content in the oil and/or fat composition is 0.5-10 mass ppm, 10-100 mass % of the deodorized oil and/or fat in the oil and/or fat composition is the following deodorized oil and/or fat A, 0-90 mass % of the deodorized oil and/or fat in the oil and/or fat composition is the following deodorized oil and/or fat B and/or deodorized oil and/or fat C, and a total content of the deodorized oil and/or fat A, deodorized oil and/or fat B, 10 and deodorized oil and/or fat C is 50-100 mass % of the deodorized oil and/or fat in the oil and/or fat composition.