Fat and oil replacements as human food ingredients

Claim 2

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein the carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds; said polyorganosiloxanes having an average molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -: (ii) CH 2 =CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; (ix) R'(CH 3 ) 2 SiO-; ( x ) R'OOC( CH 2 ) h wherein R' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to-20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; (xi) R"O(C 2 H 4 O) n (C 3 H 6 )̵ m (CH 2 )̵ P wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 25 and p is an integer of from 2 to 6; A is a hydrolytically stable divalent hydrocarbon radical which links to silicon atoms by silicon-carbon bonds; a, b, c, d, e, f and i have mole fraction values respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0.75, 0-1, 0-3 and 0-3.

Claim 3

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein said carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds, wherein at least half of such carbon is in the form of methyl groups on silicon; said polyorganosiloxanes having an average molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH 2 = CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; (ix) R'(CH 3 ) 2 SiO-; ( x ) R'OOC(CH 2 ) h wherein R' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 25 and P is an integer of from 2 to 6; A is a hydrolytically stable divalent hydrocarbon radical which links to silicon atoms by silicon-carbon bonds; a, b, c, d, e, f and g have mole fraction values respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0.75, 0-1, 0-3 and 0-3.

Claim 4

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein said carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds, wherein at least half of such carbon is in the form of methyl groups on silicon; said polyorganosiloxanes having an average molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH 2 = CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; (ix) R'(CH 3 ) 2 SiO-; ( x ) R'OOC(CH 2 ) h wherein R' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 25 and P is an integer of from 2 to 6; A is a hydrolytically stable divalent hydrocarbon radical which links to silicon atoms by silicon-carbon bonds; a, b, c, d, e, f and g have mole fraction values respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1, 0-0.75, 0-1, 0-3 and 0-3.

Claim 5

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein the carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds; said polyorganosiloxanes having an average molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH 2 =CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; wherein R ' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 60 and p is an integer of from 2 to 6; a, b, c and d have.mole fraction valves respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1 and 0-0.75.

Claim 6

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein the carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds; said polyorganosiloxanes having an average molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH 2 =CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; wherein R ' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 60 and p is an integer of from 2 to 6; a, b, c and d have.mole fraction valves respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1 and 0-0.75.

Claim 7

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein the carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds, wherein at least half of such carbon is in the form of methyl groups on silicon; said polyorganosiloxanes having a molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH2=CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; wherein R' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 60 and p is an integer of from 2 to 6; a, b, c and d have mole fraction valves respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1 and 0-0.75.

Claim 8

A food composition for human consumption comprising from 0.1 to 100 weight percent, based on the total food composition, of polyorganosiloxanes, said polyorganosiloxanes having an organic carbon content of at least fifteen weight percent, wherein the carbon is linked to silicon by silicon-carbon bonds, wherein at least half of such carbon is in the form of methyl groups on silicon; said polyorganosiloxanes having a molecular weight of at least 500 g/mole and having the general formula wherein R is individually selected from the group consisting of (i) C 6 H 5 -; (ii) CH2=CH-; (iv) a-phenylethyl; (v) β-phenylethyl; (vi) alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms; (vii) hydrogen; (viii) hydroxyl; wherein R' is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms and C 6 H 5 -, wherein h is an integer of from 2 to 10; wherein n and m each have an average value of from 0 to 60 and p is an integer of from 2 to 6; a, b, c and d have mole fraction valves respectively ranging from 0-1, 0-1, 0-1 and 0-0.75.

Claim 9

A food composition as claimed in claim 3 wherein the polyorganosiloxane is resinous.

Claim 10

A food composition as claimed in claim 3 wherein the organopolysiloxane is selected from a group consisting of copolymers having the average structural formulae and in which formulae R is a hydrocarbon radical free of aliphatic unsaturation and contains 1 to 10 carbon atoms; G is a radical of the structure - D(OR") t T wherein D is a alkylene radical; R" is composed of ethylene radicals and radicals selected from the group consisting of propylene and butylene radicals, the amount of ethylene radicals relative to the other alkylene radicals being such that the ratio of carbon atoms to oxygen atoms in the total OR" blocks ranges from 2.3:1 to 2.8:1; t has an average value from 25 to 100; T is a radical selected from the group consisting of the OR', -OOCR' and -OC= OOR ' radicals wherein R' is a radical free of aliphatic unsaturation selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon and hydrocarbonoxy radicals, the T radical containing a total of less than eleven atoms; j has an average value of from 0 to 1; k has an average value of from 6 to 420; r has an average value of from 0 to 30; 1 has an average value of from 1 to 30; and g has an average value of from 3 to 30; said copolymers containing at least 13 percent by weight OSi(CH 3 ) 2 units based on the weight of the copolymer.

Claim 13

A food composition as claimed in claim 3 which is an oil.