Method of Producing Lauric Acid-containing Oil or Fat

摘要

To provide a method for supplying lauric acid with algae. The method for producing an oil or fat containing lauric acid as a constituent fatty acid includes culturing algae in the class Chlorarachniophyceae in a medium and recovering, from the culture product, an oil or fat having a lauric acid content of 3 weight % or higher of the fatty acid composition.