US4283436A
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Hard fat replacer and chocolate containing same
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1976-12-16
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Granted: 1981-08-11
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Expires: 1996-12-16
Abstract
Abstract Hard fat replacers, particularly for cocoa-butter, are provided comprising mixtures of mid-fraction from palm oil and at least 85% pure SOS, POS or SOS/POS. SOS is 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol and POS is 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol. Using these hard fat replacers hardened milk chocolate and plain chocolate suitable for tropical use can be prepared as well as excellent normal plain and milk chocolates.
Inventors
- 👤 Cornelis J. Soeters
- 👤 Cornelis N. Paulussen
- 👤 Frederick B. Padley
- 👤 David Tresser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:35
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G1/00; A23G1/30; A23G1/32; A23G1/36; A23G1/38; A23D; A23D9/00; A23G1/56; A23G2200/00; A23G2200/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A hard-fat replacer consisting essentially of palm mid-fraction and an amount of (a) at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol, (b) at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol, or (c) mixtures of said at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol and said at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol, effective to increase the flexibility of palm mid-fraction as a hard-fat replacer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A hard-fat replacer consisting essentially of palm mid-fraction and an amount of (a) at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol, (b) at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol, or (c) mixtures of said at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol and said at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol, effective to increase the flexibility of palm mid-fraction as a hard-fat replacer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 1 consisting of, by weight, about 60% to about 75% of said palm mid-fraction and about 40% to about 25% of said at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 1 consisting of, by weight, about 80% to about 90% of said palm mid-fraction and about 10% to about 20% of said at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 1 consisting of, by weight, said at least 85% pure 1,3-distearyl-2-oleyl glycerol, up to about 60% of said at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol and up to about 75% of said palm mid-fraction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 2 consisting of, by weight, said palm mid-fraction and up to about 80% of said at least 85% pure 1-palmityl-2-oleyl-3-stearyl glycerol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
74 words
Plain chocolate in which the hard-fat consists essentially of a hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 1 in an amount effective to improve the melting characteristics of the chocolate, in admixture with cocoa-butter as represented in area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 1; area 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of FIG. 2; area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 10; or area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 12.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
Milk chocolate in which the hard-fat consists essentially of a hard-fat replacer as claimed in claim 1 in an amount effective to improve the melting characteristics of the chocolate, in admixture with cocoa-butter as represented in area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 3; area 1, 2, 3 or 5 of FIG. 4; area 1, 2 or 3 of FIG. 7; area 1 or 2 of FIG. 9; area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 11; or area 1, 2, 3 or 4 of FIG. 13.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method for producing a plain chocolate comprising adding a sufficient amount of the hard-fat replacer of claim 1 in admixture with cocoa-butter to improve the melting characteristics of said chocolate.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-08-10 | 1985-02-09 | 1985-08-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-08-10 | 1989-02-09 | 1989-08-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-08-10 | 1993-02-09 | 1993-08-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |