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Fat blend useful for producing butter-like spreads
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1982-09-03
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Granted: 1984-07-17
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Expires: 2002-09-03
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a fat blend useful for producing butter-like spreads. The fat blend comprises (i) a non-interesterified component based on tallow fat or a fraction thereof, and (ii) a mixture of triglycerides obtained by interesterification of tallow fat or a fraction thereof with a liquid oil or a mixture of a liquid oil and a hydrogenated oil.
Inventors
- 👤 Wilhelm Stratmann
- 👤 Paul F. Legge
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 15:13
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23D; A23D7/00; A23D7/001; A23D7/02; A23D7/04; A23D7/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A butter-like fat blend comprising a non-interesterified component (i) consisting essentially of tallow, a tallaw olein, a tallow stearin or a mixture of said fats and an interesterified component (ii) consisting of a mixture of triglycerides obtained by interesterification of tallow, tallow olein, tallow stearin or a mixture thereof with a liquid oil or with a mixture of a liquid oil and an oil hydrogenated to a melting point not exceeding 43° C., wherein the ration of non-interesterified to interesterified component ranges from 75:25 to 25:75 and the ratio of tallow fat to oil in the interesterified mixture ranges from 75:25 to 25:75 and said fat blend displays the following fat solids profile: N.sub.10 ° C.=34-60; N.sub.20° C. =10-25; N.sub.30° C. ≦7; N.sub.35° C. ≦2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A butter-like fat blend comprising a non-interesterified component (i) consisting essentially of tallow, a tallaw olein, a tallow stearin or a mixture of said fats and an interesterified component (ii) consisting of a mixture of triglycerides obtained by interesterification of tallow, tallow olein, tallow stearin or a mixture thereof with a liquid oil or with a mixture of a liquid oil and an oil hydrogenated to a melting point not exceeding 43° C., wherein the ration of non-interesterified to interesterified component ranges from 75:25 to 25:75 and the ratio of tallow fat to oil in the interesterified mixture ranges from 75:25 to 25:75 and said fat blend displays the following fat solids profile: N.sub.10 ° C.=34-60; N.sub.20° C. =10-25; N.sub.30° C. ≦7; N.sub.35° C. ≦2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A fat blend according to claim 1, wherein the liquid oil and/or the hydrogenated oil are selected from the group consisting of sunflower-, soybean-, safflower-, groundnut-, maize-, cottonseed-and rapeseed oil.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A fat blend according to claim 1, wherein the tallow olein displays the following fat solids profile: N.sub.10 =45-60; N.sub.20 =15-25; N.sub.30 ≦7; N.sub.35 ≦4.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A fat blend according to claim 1, in which component (i) consists of a mixture of tallow olein and tallow in a ratio higher than 3:1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A fat blend according to claim 1, in which the tallow fat in both components (i) and (ii) consists of tallow olein.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
A fat blend according to claim 5, comprising 40-75% by weight of tallow olein and 60-25% by weight of a mixture of triglycerides obtained by interesterification of 55-75% by weight of tallow olein with 25-45% by weight of liquid oil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
48 words
A fat blend according to claim 1, comprising 90-100% by weight of components (i) and (ii), and 0-10 wt. % of a fat other than components (i) and (ii), provided that the fat solids profile remains within the following profile: N.sub.10 =34-60; N.sub.20 =10-25; N.sub.30 ≦7; N.sub.35 ≦2.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A process for producing a spread having butter-like properties which comprises: (a) emulsifying an aqueous phase with a fat blend according to claim 1; (b) mechanically working the emulsion and cooling it to obtain a spread having the desired texture and consistency; and (c) packaging and storing the emulsion at a temperature not exceeding 10° C.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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