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[Urban Explorer]

We are having some quality issues with congealed oil on our refrigerated products.

This is a blend of canola oil and olive oil.

Olive Oil naturally clouds at refrigeration temperatures, but this is way beyond cloudy, it's almost like very wet Jell-o. The samples we have in house look like they have small blobs at 40 degrees, once warmed up, they disappear. But pictures we are receiving looks like the wet Jell-o which we cannot replicate. this is happening on multiple products and lines, vendors and customers.

The problem is intermittent and we cannot figure out why. We have a closed system that pumps from the bottom of the tank.

Possibilities:

The oil was not "winterized" properly (but then we would see a constant problem since this is a 6000 gallon tank)
Olive oil is not mixing properly for an even percentage (we add the olive oil on top of the canola oil during delivery, however this is 2 gallons into 6000)
There is air in the lines, or something is aerating it intermittently
There is a foreign contaminant


I have searched all over the net and cannot find a similar issue.

[D-D]

This doesn't help but just curious: why do you put 2 gallons of olive oil into 6000 gallons of canola...?