Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts containing from about
0.1 to about 1.5 equivalents of calcium hydroxide relative to the fatty acid content,
with the fatty acid content consisting essentially of
- (a) from about 40 to about 95% percent by weight of unsaturated C:16-C:22
fatty acids; (b) from about 5 to about 60% by weight of saturated C:14-C:22 fatty
acids; and (c) no more than about 6% by weight of moisture, insolubles and unsaponifiables;
with no more than about 20% by weight being in for form of glycerides;
- wherein from about 40 to about 65% by weight of the total product weight
consists of trans-C18:1 and C18:2 fatty acids; provided that when less than 0.75
equivalents of calcium hydroxide is present, the fatty acid content is at least
25% by weight saturated fatty acids.
