Shortening product and method of making thereof

Claim 1

A GLYCERIDE SHORTENING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AS ADDITIVES: (A) FROM ABOUT 1 1/2% TO ABOUT 16% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL SHORTENING OF MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) 1,3-DIGLYCERIDE CONTAINING A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING 16 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS AND A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING FROM TWO TO FOUR CARBON ATOMS; (2) 1,2-DIGLYCERIDE CONTAINING A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING 16 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS AND A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING FROM 12 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS; (3) MIXTURES OF THE SAID 1,3-DIGLYCERIDE AND 1,2-DIGLYCERIDE CONTAINING A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING 13 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS AND A SATURATED FATTY ACID CHAIN CONTAINING FROM TWO TO FOUR CARBON ATOMS IN WHICH THE WEIGHT OF THE 1,2-DIGLYCERIDE DOES NOT SUBSTANTIALLY EXCEED THE WEIGHT OF THE 1,3-DIGLYCERIDE; AND (4) MIXTURES THEREOF; AND (B) FROM ABOUT 0.25% TO ABOUT 4% BY WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL SHORTENING OF MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) SATURATED FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING FROM 14 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS; (2) A CONDENSATION PRODUCT HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREE CARBOXYL GROUP PER MOLECULE OF A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM ZERO TO FOUR HYDROXY GROUPS AND CONTAINING FROM THREE TO SIX CARBON ATOMS WITH A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) A PARTIAL FATTY ACID GLYCERIDE CONTAINING AN AVERAGE OF FROM ONE TO TWO FATTY ACID RADICALS HAVING FROM 14 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, BUT NOT MORE THAN ENOUGH UNSATURATED FATTY ACID RADICALS TO GIVE A CONDENSATION PRODUCT HAVING AN IODINE VALUE OF 60, AND (B) A MONOESTER OF A STRAIGHT CHAIN ALIPHATIC DIOL WITH A SATURATED FATTY ACID, SAID DIOL CONTAINING FROM THREE TO FIVE CARBON ATOMS AND SAID SATURATED FATTY ACID CONTAINING FROM 14 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS; (3) THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A SATURATED FATTY ACID CONTAINING FROM 14 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS WITH A POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING FROM ONE TO FOUR HYDROXY GROUPS, SAID POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING FROM THREE TO SIX CARBON ATOMS AND SAID CONDENSATION PRODUCT HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREE CARBOXYL GROUP PER MOLECULE; (4) THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A SATURATED STRAIGHT CHAIN FATTY ALCOHOL CONTAINING FROM 14 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS WITH A DICARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING NO HYDROXY GROUPS AND CONTAINING FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, SAID CONDENSATION PRODUCT HAVING AT LEAST ONE FREE CARBOXYL GROUP PER MOLECULE, AND (5) MIXTURES OF THE PRECEDING MATERIALS.