Thixotropic shortening

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING AN OPAGUE THIXOTROPIC SHORTENING HAVING THE APPEARANCE OF A NORMALLY PLASTIC SHORTENING AT TEMPERATURES BELOW ABOUT 90*F. WHEN AT REST AND BEING POURABLE AT TEMPERATURES ABOUT ABOUT 50*F. WHEN WORKED COMPRISING (A) FORMING A MIXTURE, AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO ELIMINATE ALL CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL, OF FROM ABOUT 85% TO ABOUT 90% BY WEIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY LIQUID TRIGLYCERIDE BASE STOCK AND FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 15% BY WEIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY HYDROGENATED TRIGLYCERIDE HARDSTOCK HAVING AN IODINE VALUE NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 12 AND HAVING A PREDOMINANTLY BETA-PHASE CRYSTALLIZATION TENDENCY; (B) RAPIDLY COOLING IN LESS THAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE HOT LIQUID MIXTURE WITH AGITATION TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 50*F. TO ABOUT 70*F. TO INITIATE FAT CRYSTALLIZATION; (C) HOLDING THE CHILLED STOCK WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF HEAT AND WITHOUT AGITATION UNTIL CRYSTALLIZATION IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE; (D) CONVERTING TO CRYSTALLINE PHASE OF THE SHORTENING STOCK TO AT LEAST 95% BETA-PHASE CRYSTALS; (E) HEATING THE TRANSFORMED STOCK OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW MINUTES TO ABOUT 1 HOUR TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 115*F. TO ABOUT 120*F. WITHOUT MELTING, AND (F) COOLING OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW MINUTES TO ABOUT 1 HOUR THE SHORTENING STOCK TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 90*F. TO ABOUT 105*F.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING AN OPAGUE THIXOTROPIC SHORTENING HAVING THE APPEARANCE OF A NORMALLY PLASTIC SHORTENING AT TEMPERATURES BELOW ABOUT 90*F. WHEN AT REST AND BEING POURABLE AT TEMPERATURES ABOUT ABOUT 50*F. WHEN WORKED COMPRISING (A) FORMING A MIXTURE, AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO ELIMINATE ALL CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL, OF FROM ABOUT 85% TO ABOUT 90% BY WEIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY LIQUID TRIGLYCERIDE BASE STOCK AND FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 15% BY WEIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY HYDROGENATED TRIGLYCERIDE HARDSTOCK HAVING AN IODINE VALUE NOT EXCEEDING ABOUT 12 AND HAVING A PREDOMINANTLY BETA-PHASE CRYSTALLIZATION TENDENCY; (B) RAPIDLY COOLING IN LESS THAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE HOT LIQUID MIXTURE WITH AGITATION TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 50*F. TO ABOUT 70*F. TO INITIATE FAT CRYSTALLIZATION; (C) HOLDING THE CHILLED STOCK WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF HEAT AND WITHOUT AGITATION UNTIL CRYSTALLIZATION IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE; (D) CONVERTING TO CRYSTALLINE PHASE OF THE SHORTENING STOCK TO AT LEAST 95% BETA-PHASE CRYSTALS; (E) HEATING THE TRANSFORMED STOCK OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW MINUTES TO ABOUT 1 HOUR TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 115*F. TO ABOUT 120*F. WITHOUT MELTING, AND (F) COOLING OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW MINUTES TO ABOUT 1 HOUR THE SHORTENING STOCK TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 90*F. TO ABOUT 105*F.