Provided is a process for producing a refined vegetable oil, the process including the steps of heating a crude vegetable oil at temperatures between 55°C to 95°C to produce a heated crude vegetable oil, providing between 0.5w/w to 1.0w/w of a dechlorination agent to the heated crude vegetable oil to produce a dechlorinated vegetable oil, wherein the dechlorination agent is selected from sodium metabisulfite, sodium bisulfite, sodium thiosulfate, sulfur dioxide, sodium ascorbate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium nitrite, sodium sulphite, calcium thiosulfate or any combination thereof for a dechlorination period of between 1 to 50 days, filtering the dechlorinated vegetable oil to remove the dechlorination agent, degumming of the dechlorinated vegetable oil with organic acids at the temperature range between 85°C to 95°C to produce a degummed vegetable oil, bleaching of the degummed vegetable oil to produce a bleached vegetable oil and deodorizing the bleached vegetable oil to produce a refined vegetable oil.
