Van Den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.

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Lever Brothers Company

Van Den Bergh Foods Co.

Leendert Hendrik Wesdorp

Frederick William Cain

Johanna Antonia Van Meeteren

Peter M Gautchier

Cornelis Laurentius Sassen

Peter William Elliott

Mattheus Struik

Maaike Rina Greep

Gina Suzette Hutson

Keith Daniel Brilhart

A fat is provided hich is substantially free of trans saturated fatty acid residues and suitable for use in the preparation of a spread, which consists of an interesterified mixture of 30-90% of high lauric rapeseed oil, and 10-70% of an oil A comprising at least 40% of saturated fatty acid residues of which saturated fatty acid residues at least 80% are C16-C18 fatty acid residues and at most 60% are C16 fatty acid residues. The fat is used for preparing margarine fats and spreads. It provides low-trans and trans-free spreads with improved properties, while problems caused by slow crystallization are avoided.

Edible fat spread

Mesomorphic phases of edible surfactants can advantageously be used in preparing sandwich cookie filler creams and compositions for incorporation therewith to provide for example structuring or fat-replacement. Preferably the mesomorphic phases are present as bulk phases. The mesomorphic phases may also be used in frostings. Preferred mesomorphic phases for filler creams, frostings and other finished foodstuffs include 8% or more nonionic surfactant and/or include 7% or more nonionic surfactant and may be processed through a colloid mill after cooling.

Cookie filling cream

An edible spread which comprises a water and oil emulsion in which the fat phase is essentially a single, natural vegetable fat and processes for producing such a spread. While certain non-physical properties of the fat phase, such as its color, may be due to the presence of other fats than that responsible for the characteristic physical properties, the fat phase of the spreads of the invention contain low amounts of such natural additives; the physical properties of the fat phase are essentially determined by a single fat which has not been subjected to any chemical treatment other than refining.

Edible spread

A process of forming a liquid edible emulsion spread and the product itself is described. A tempering accelerator in an amount of from 2-10% by weight incorporated in a fat blend. The accelerator is preferably 2-elaidoyl triacylglycerol.

2-elaidoyltriacylglycerol as a tempering accelerator in an edible

A water continuous fat emulsion is formed from 10-30 wt %. fat, 5-57 wt % water, 13-85 wt % of one of an acidity regulator, thickener, bulking agent, emulsifier, sweetener, flavor, colorant, humectant or preservative by mixing the components at a temperature above the melting point of the fat. Then the emulsion is cooled at a shear of 30-1500 s.sup.-1 for less than two minutes while phase inversion occurs.

Low fat emulsion process

The present invention pertains to edible fat-containing products, in particular spreads, comprising at least 5% of hardstock indigestible polyol fatty acid polyesters, the fat-phase being characterized by an, at least, two-peaked DSC-curve. The invention further pertains to a process for the preparation of such products.

Edible fat-containing product and process for preparing same

The process disclosed by the invention is characterized in that a first fat or fat blend with an aqueous phase are emulsified, whereby an emulsion is obtained, the temperature of which is adjusted, if necessary to a value below 15.degree. C., which cold W/O-emulsion, containing at least 1 wt. % of crystallized fat, is thereafter mixed with a second fat or fat blend having a slip melting point above that of the first fat or fat blend which second fat or fat blend is at such a temperature that the solids content thereof is not more than 25 wt. %.

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Schiedam, Netherlands

Leendert Hendrik Wesdorp