PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE STABILITY OF A COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS

摘要

The present invention relates to processes for increasing the stability of compositions comprising polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids against oxidation. The processes comprise the following steps: (i) providing a starting composition comprising at least one polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid component; (ii) providing a lysine composition; (iii) admixing aqueous, aqueous-alcoholic or alcoholic solutions of starting composition and lysine composition, and subjecting resulting admixture to spray drying conditions subsequently, thus forming a solid product composition comprising at least one salt of a cation derived from lysine with an anion derived from a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid; the product composition exhibiting a solvent content SC selected from the following: SC < 5 wt%, SC < 3 wt%, SC < 1 wt%, SC < 0.5 wt%. Compositions obtainable by such spray drying processes and use of such compositions for the manufacture of food, nutritional and pharmaceutical products are further comprised by the present invention.