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Low-fat comestible spread substitutes
Assignee: Durkee Industrial Foods Corp
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Filing: 1980-04-22
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Granted: 1981-08-18
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Expires: 2000-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A flavored comestible spread consisting essentially of an oil-in-water dispersion of water; a partial glyceride ester composition containing about 38-48% diglyceride, monoglyceride in the ratio of about 1:5 to 1:1.5 based on the diglyceride content, and triglyceride in an amount less than the mono- and diglyceride contents combined, said partial glyceride having a Capillary Melting Point less than about 120 DEG F.; surface active cellulosic thickener; and at least a threshold proportion of flavorant and/or colorant.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald E. Miller
- 👤 Cecilia Gilmore
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 16:51
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23D; A23D7/00; A23D7/01; A23D7/011; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/804
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A flavored comestible spread consisting essentially of an oil-in-water dispersion of (a) water; (b) a partial glyceride ester composition containing about 38-48% diglyceride, monoglyceride present in the ratio monoglycerides to diglycerides of about 1:5 to 1:1.5 based on the diglyceride content, and triglyceride in an amount less than the mono- and diglyceride contents combined, said partial glyceride having a Capillary Melting Point less than about 120° F.; (c) surface active cellulosic thickener; and (d) a flavoring proportion of flavorant; the weight proportions of (a), (b) and (c) being about 30-100:10:0.5-2, sufficient to produce a plastic consistency and Brookfield viscosity of at least about 100,000 cps through a temperature range of about 38°-90° F.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A flavored comestible spread consisting essentially of an oil-in-water dispersion of (a) water; (b) a partial glyceride ester composition containing about 38-48% diglyceride, monoglyceride present in the ratio monoglycerides to diglycerides of about 1:5 to 1:1.5 based on the diglyceride content, and triglyceride in an amount less than the mono- and diglyceride contents combined, said partial glyceride having a Capillary Melting Point less than about 120° F.; (c) surface active cellulosic thickener; and (d) a flavoring proportion of flavorant; the weight proportions of (a), (b) and (c) being about 30-100:10:0.5-2, sufficient to produce a plastic consistency and Brookfield viscosity of at least about 100,000 cps through a temperature range of about 38°-90° F.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The comestible spread of claim 1 wherein said cellulosic thickener comprises a blend containing a major proportion of a cellulose ether and microcrystalline cellulose, and a minor proportion of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The comestible spread of claim 2 wherein said cellulosic thickener comprises a blend of about 0.25-1% hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and about 0.25-1% of a mixture of about 8 parts by weight microcrystalline cellulose to about 1 part by weight sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The comestible spread of claim 2 wherein said partial glyceride ester comprises about 10-30% monoglyceride, about 38-48% diglyceride, and about 23-46% triglyceride, the triglyceride content being less than or equal to the diglyceride content.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The comestible spread of claim 4 wherein said partial glyceride ester is a blend of mono-diglycerides and triglyceride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The comestible spead of claim 5 wherein said blend comprises about 73-75% mono-diglyceride having a low mono mono-di-glyceride content of less than about 15%, about 24-28% soft mono-diglyceride, and about 0.5-3.5% hard mono-diglyceride.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The comestible spread of claim 6 wherein said soft mono-diglyceride has an I.V. of 50-85 and a Capillary Melting Point of 120°-125° F.; and said hard mono-diglyceride has an I.V. of 5 maximum and a Capillary Melting Point of about 145°-150° F.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The comestible spread of claim 7 wherein said soft and hard mono-diglycerides contain about 50-90% monoglyceride.
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