Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
Edible, plastified dispersion containing less than 35 wt.% fat, which comprises from 10 to 35 wt.% continuous fat phase and from 90 to 65 wt.% dispersed aqueous phase, said dispersed aqueous phase having an average droplet size, indicated by the number weighted mean diameter, of less than 5µm, which dispersion comprises less than 0.1 wt.% amino acid residues.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
Edible, plastified dispersion containing less than 35 wt.% fat, which comprises from 10 to 35 wt.% continuous fat phase and from 90 to 65 wt.% dispersed aqueous phase, said dispersed aqueous phase having an average droplet size, indicated by the number weighted mean diameter, of less than 5µm, which dispersion comprises less than 0.1 wt.% amino acid residues.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
Dispersion according to claim 1, wherein at least 20% of the aqueous phase droplets have a diameter of less than 4µm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
Dispersion according to claim 1 or 2, of which the number weighted mean diameter of the aqueous phase droplets is between 0.1 and 4.8µm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the emulsifier content is less than 2 wt.%, and the product of the emulsifier content in wt.% and the number weighted mean diameter of the aqueous phase droplets in µm is less than 2.5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the emulsifier content is less than 0.5 wt.%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-5, comprising less than 2.0 wt.% gelling and/or thickening agents.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the aqueous phase has a viscosity of less than 5 cps at a temperature of 35°C and a shear rate of 1000 s⁻¹.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-7, containing less than 6 wt.% solid fat at 30°C, calculated on the weight of the fat.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-8, comprising from 15-28 wt.% continuous fat phase and from 85-72 wt.% dispersed aqueous phase.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
Dispersion according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the composition constituting the aqueous phase contains 95-99.5 wt.% water.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
90 words
Process for preparing an edible plastified dispersion, comprising: (a) mixing oil and water so as to obtain an oil- and water-containing emulsion, comprising from 15-28 wt.% fat, from 85-72 wt.% water, and less than 0.1 wt.% of amino acid residues; (b) cooling at least part of the oil, the water or the mixture of oil and water; and (c) working the oil- and water-containing emulsion under such conditions that an oil-continuous phase is formed, and the number weighted mean diameter of the dispersed aqueous phase droplets is less than 5µm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
90 words
Process for preparing an edible plastified dispersion, comprising: (a) mixing oil and water so as to obtain an oil- and water-containing emulsion, comprising from 15-28 wt.% fat, from 85-72 wt.% water, and less than 0.1 wt.% of amino acid residues; (b) cooling at least part of the oil, the water or the mixture of oil and water; and (c) working the oil- and water-containing emulsion under such conditions that an oil-continuous phase is formed, and the number weighted mean diameter of the dispersed aqueous phase droplets is less than 5µm.