EP0434151A2
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Edible plastic product
Assignee: Unilever NV
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Filing: 1990-12-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-12-14
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is concerned with an edible plastic product comprising at least 30 wt.% of fat, which fat essentially consists of a mixture of one or more indigestible polyol fatty acid polyesters and triglycerides, wherein the product contains less than 5 % saturated fatty acid residues, the mixture of polyol fatty acid polyesters constitutes 15 to 70 wt.% of the fat and said mixture has a slip melting point of at least 30°C. The product according to the invention offers the advantage that it contains only an extremely limited amount of digestible saturated fatty acid residues.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick William Unilever Research Lab. Cain
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 23:20
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23D; A23D7/00; A23D7/01; A23D7/013; A23D7/015
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
Edible plastic product comprising at least 30 wt.% of fat, which fat essentially consists of a mixture of one or more indigestible polyol fatty acid polyesters and triglycerides, wherein the product contains less than 5 % saturated fatty acid residues, the mixture of polyol fatty acid polyesters constitutes 15 to 70 wt.% of the fat and said mixture has a slip melting point of at least 30°C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
17 words
Product according to claim 1, wherein the product contains less than 4 % saturated fatty acid residues.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
Product according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the product contains at least 40 %, preferably from 45-85 % triglycerides by weight of the fat.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
Product according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the product contains from 10 to 70 wt.%, preferably from 35 to 65 wt.% of an aqueous phase
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
Product according to claim 4, wherein the product is fat-continuous and contains a dispersed aqueous phase.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
Product according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the mixture of polyol fatty acid polyesters has a slip melting point of at least 35°C, preferably in the range of 38° to 55°C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
Product according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the fat phase has an N₃₅-value of less than 2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
Product according to any one of claims 1-7, wherein the triglycerides are derived from an oil selected from the group consisting of soya bean oil, sunflower oil, rape seed oil, safflower oil and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
Product according to any one of claims 4-8, wherein the aqueous phase contains at least 0.1 wt.% protein.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
Product according to any one of claims 4-9, wherein the aqueous phase contains a gelling amount of a gelling agent.
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