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Phase inverting low fat spreads
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1977-06-08
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Granted: 1978-09-19
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Expires: 1997-06-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to emulsions of the low calorie type, i.e., water-in-oil type emulsions of a fat content of 35-65 percent. The emulsions contain a fat blend having a solids content of 10-35 percent at all temperatures from 10°-20° C, a difference in solids content at 10° and 20° C of no more than 10 percent and a solids content at 30° C of less than 5 percent. Monoglycerides, preferably of an iodine value of 20-100, are present and preferably oil-in-water emulsion promoting emulsifiers as well. The emulsion destabilizes at body temperature; the degree of destabilization is expressed by the "Phase Instability Temperature."
Inventors
- 👤 David Patrick Joseph Moran
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 17:10
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23D; A23D7/00; A23D7/015; A23D7/01; A23D7/013
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
A water-in-oil emulsion which destabilizes at body temperature comprising: (a) 50 to 65 percent by weight of a dispersed aqueous phase, wherein said phase has a pH value of 4 to 6; (b) 50 to 35 percent by weight of a continuous fat phase, wherein said fat has: (i) a solids content of 10 to 35 percent at all temperatures from 10° to 20° C, (ii) a difference in solids content at 10° and 20° C of no greater than 10 percent, and (iii) a solids content at 30° C of less than 5 percent but at least 10 percent less than the solids content at 20° C; and (c) an emulsifier system comprising: (i) 0.1 to 0.8 percent by weight of said emulsion of a partial glyceride emulsifier, wherein said partial glyceride emulsifier has an iodine value of 20 to 100, and (ii) an amount sufficient of an oil-in-water promoting emulsifier to give the emulsion a phase instability temperature of 20° to 35° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
A water-in-oil emulsion which destabilizes at body temperature comprising: (a) 50 to 65 percent by weight of a dispersed aqueous phase, wherein said phase has a pH value of 4 to 6; (b) 50 to 35 percent by weight of a continuous fat phase, wherein said fat has: (i) a solids content of 10 to 35 percent at all temperatures from 10° to 20° C, (ii) a difference in solids content at 10° and 20° C of no greater than 10 percent, and (iii) a solids content at 30° C of less than 5 percent but at least 10 percent less than the solids content at 20° C; and (c) an emulsifier system comprising: (i) 0.1 to 0.8 percent by weight of said emulsion of a partial glyceride emulsifier, wherein said partial glyceride emulsifier has an iodine value of 20 to 100, and (ii) an amount sufficient of an oil-in-water promoting emulsifier to give the emulsion a phase instability temperature of 20° to 35° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said solids content of said fat at 35° C is no more than 0.5 percent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An emulsion according to claim 2, wherein said solids content of said fat at 35° C is no more than 0.1 percent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said difference in solids content between 10° and 20° C is no more than 5 percent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said iodine value of said partial glyceride emulsifier is 30 to 60.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of said fat to said partial glyceride emulsifier is (50:1) to (500:1).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, where the amount of said oil-in-water promoting emulsifiers is 0.02 to 0.6 percent by weight of said emulsion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said oil-in-water promoting emulsifiers are phosphatides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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An emulsion according to claim 8, wherein said phosphatides contain 5-25 percent of mono-acylglycero phosphatides by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
An emulsion according to claim 9, wherein said phosphatides are whole vegetable phosphatides; and wherein said fat has a solids content of 26 to 35 percent at 10° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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An emulsion according to claim 1, wherein said oil-in-water promoting emulsifiers are proteins.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
An emulsion according to claim 11, containing up to 12 percent of said proteins.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
An emulsion according to claim 1, further comprising hydrocolloids in said aqueous phase in amounts of 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight of said emulsion.
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