A PROCESS FOR INTERESTERIFYING A VEGETABLE OIL COMPRISES TREATING THE VEGETABLE OIL BY CONTACTING THE VEGETABLE OIL WITH A NATURAL ADSORBENT TO GIVE A PH IN THE RANGE OF FROM 6 TO 8, SEPARATING THE OIL FROM THE ADSORBENT AND REACTING THE TREATED OIL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ENZYMATIC CATALYST FOR INTERESTERIFICATION. (FIGURE 1)