Abstract: A method for reducing the free fatty acid content of frying facts and oils that comprises heating the flying fat or oil to a temperature of less than about 120.degree. C. and stirring into the heated fat or oil less than about 10% by weight of cyclodextrin and less than about 10% by weight of a powdered absorbent to form a slurry. Allowing the slurry mixture to react for less than about one and one half hours and then separating the cyclodextrin, absorbent material and free atty acid from the frying fat or oil, thereby reducing the free fatty acid content of the remaining frying fat or oil.

Abstract: A life saving device which permits controlled movement by a user through the water comprising a pair of inflatable tubular paddle wheels having a plurality of rigid bars connecting the wheels. A person lying on his back and pulling down on each successive bar causes the wheels to rotate while paddles on the wheels then cause the unit to move through the water pulling the operator with it. The unit may be carried in its deflated state on the person or stowed in a boat as are present day life jackets or the like.