TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The process further comprises: adjusting the pH of the first mixture below 6 by the addition of an acid after saponification of the oil, and recovering a free fatty acid enriched fraction and a glycerin enriched fraction from the pH adjusted first mixture, where the recovered free fatty acid enriched fraction is the source of free fatty acids complexed with urea. The blend of long chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids oil is saponified by mixing the oil with a 1-3C alcohol or a combination of 1-3C alcohol and water at an elevated temperature of 60-65 degrees C in the presence of an alkali catalyst to form a first mixture. The 1-3C alcohol is ethanol and a majority of the ethanol is recycled ethanol recovered from the process. Preferred Components: The blend of long chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids is an oil including plant oils, animal oils, fish oils, marine mammal oils, waste cooking oils, or microbial oils. The blend of long chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids is a plant oil including black currant seed oil, borage oil, Camelina oil, canola oil, Castor oil, chia oil, corn oil, cotton seed oil, Cuphea oil, flax oil, hemp oil, jojoba oil, mustard oil, olive oil, palm oil, peanut oil, primrose oil, rapeseed oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soy oil, sunflower oil or tree nut oils. EXAMPLE - Refined soy oil (1000 g), powdered sodium hydroxide (180 g), water (440 g) and ethanol (2100 g) were introduced into a reaction vessel to form a first mixture. The first mixture was agitated for 1.5 hours at 60-65 degrees C after which the first mixture cooled to approximately 25 degrees C, an additional water (2000 g) was introduced, and sufficient acid was added to adjust the pH of the first mixture to 2-3. The cooled first mixture was separated by a three way centrifuge into a glycerin-enriched fraction, a free fatty acid (FFA) enriched fraction and a waste fraction containing ethanol (95 wt.%), water, acid and the sodium salt formed as the reaction product of the sodium hydroxide and acid. The glycerin-enriched fraction was redirected for further processing into commercially saleable glycerin. The waste fraction was redirected for recovery and recycle. The FFA-enriched fraction was introduced into a second reaction vessel. A sufficient amount of urea, dissolved in ethanol (95 wt.%) was added to the FFA-enriched fraction on the second reaction vessel at a urea to FFA ratio of 1:1 (w/w) and a urea to solvent concentration of 40 (wt./vol.%) to form a second mixture. The second mixture was blended together and then allowed to stand for four hours at 20 degrees C. The second mixture was filtered to produce an unsaturated free fatty acid (UFFA) enriched filtrate and a saturated free fatty acid (SFFA) enriched retentate containing SFFA and urea. The SFFA-enriched retentate was introduced into a first mixing vessel along with water (40000 g) to form a third mixture. The third mixture was blended together at 60 degrees C until the urea was fully dissolved. The third mixture was then separated by centrifugation into an aqueous phase containing the urea, and an oil phase containing the SFFA. The aqueous phase was redirected for recovery and recycle and worked up to give UFFAs.