- The degummed oil can be vacuum dried and pumped to degummed oil storage or it can proceed directly to the refining process.
- The hydrated gums can be vacuum dried for crude lecithin processing or added back into the meal
- Water-degummed oil still contains phosphatides; only the hydratable phosphatides are removed with water degumming.
- Typically, oils will have an 80- to 200-ppm phosphatide content after water degumming, depending upon the type and quality of the crude oil.