Methods for processing oils and apparatus for carrying out such methods
are disclosed herein. One embodiment provides a method for processing a
partially processed oil, wherein the oil includes glycerides and a
volatilizable impurity fraction. The partially processed oil may be
processed by driving off a first volatiles stream having a portion of the
glycerides and at least a portion of the volatilizable impurity fraction,
leaving a deodorized oil. The first volatiles stream may be introduced
into a first condensing chamber and a glyceride-rich, impurity-poor
fraction may be condensed from the first volatiles stream, leaving a
glyceride-poor, impurity-rich second volatiles stream. The second
volatiles stream may be passed into a second condensing chamber and a
glyceride-poor, impurity-rich second condensate may be condensed from the
second volatiles stream.