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Non-heated gellan gum gels
Assignee: CP Kelco US Inc
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Filing: 1984-12-17
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Granted: 1986-01-07
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Expires: 2004-12-17
Abstract
Abstract Gellan gum food gels are formed without first going through a heating and cooling cycle.
Inventors
- 👤 John K. Baird
- 👤 Jaewon L. Shim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 15:16
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08B; C08B37/00; A; A23; A23L; A23L21/00; A23L21/10; A23L21/12; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/269; A23L29/272
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
A gelled food product comprising a matrix having one or more food ingredients dispersed therein, said food ingredients being selected from the group consisting of vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, sugar, milk, and mixtures thereof wherein said food product is prepared by: (a) forming an aqueous slurry of the food ingredients and 0.05-3% (wt./wt.) gellan gum at 0°-70° C., and (b) adding to said slurry an effective amount of free cations selected from H + , Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + , Cr + , Fr + , Be ++ , Mg ++ , Ca ++ , Sr ++ , Ba ++ , Ra ++ , B +++ , Al +++ , Ga +++ , In +++ , or Tl +++ at 0° C.-70° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
A gelled food product comprising a matrix having one or more food ingredients dispersed therein, said food ingredients being selected from the group consisting of vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, sugar, milk, and mixtures thereof wherein said food product is prepared by: (a) forming an aqueous slurry of the food ingredients and 0.05-3% (wt./wt.) gellan gum at 0°-70° C., and (b) adding to said slurry an effective amount of free cations selected from H + , Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + , Cr + , Fr + , Be ++ , Mg ++ , Ca ++ , Sr ++ , Ba ++ , Ra ++ , B +++ , Al +++ , Ga +++ , In +++ , or Tl +++ at 0° C.-70° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A gelled food product of claim 1 wherein the free cations are H + , Na + , K + , Ca ++ , Mg ++ , or Al +++ .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A gelled food product of claim 1 wherein the gellan gum is native, partially deacetylated, or partially deacetylated clarified.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
85 words
A gelled food product of claim 1 wherein the aqueous composition of step (a) comprises one or more cations selected from H + , Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + Cs + , Fr + , Be ++ , Mg ++ , Ca ++ , Sr ++ , Ba ++ , Ra ++ , B +++ , Al +++ , Ga +++ , In +++ , or Tl +++ and a sufficient amount of sequestrant to dissolve the gellan gum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A gelled food product of claim 4 wherein said sequestrant is trisodium orthophosphate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, sodium citrate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate or sodium hexametaphosphate.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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