Kraft Foods, Inc.

Kraft General Foods, Inc.

Kraft, Inc.

Mark S Miller

Kevin J Surber

Gregory S Buliga

Ronald Louis Meibach

Alice A Heth

Phillip J Kerwin

David W Mehnert

Gary F Smith

Daniel G Lis

Vernon C Witte

Linda K Jackson

Gerard L Hasenhuettl

John J Strandholm

George A Henry

David G Pechak

Sylvia Irene Crawford

Paul Wrezel

Cynthia C Baer

Leslie G West

Robert Charles Dinwoodie

Richard S Silver

Robert W Martin, Jr

R G Krishnamurthy

Robert W Martin

John F Kratochvil

Elizabeth M Parker

Ronnie G Morgan

Gerard Eckhardt

Alan C Hamann

William H Schwimmer

Chyi-Cheng Chen

Wennie L Lloyd

Brian C Davison

Gerard L Hassenheutti

Laura J Prostko

Neela K Paul

Sharon Tomski

William F Powell

Robert R Prochnow

Lawrence E Woodford

Steven M Neunaber

Susan M Gaud

Wehn-Sherng Chen

Estela A Balmaceda

John M Kaiser

Lorraine C Hellgeth

Rajendra P Borwankar

Jill M Kennedy-Tolstedt

Adam P De Vito

A mouthfeel and lubricity enhancing composition for use in reduced fat food products is provided. The composition is an aqueous gel matrix of ester vesicles which is provided by a mixture of diacetyl tartaric acid mono fatty acid glyceride ester and a second ester having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of above about 10 and a melting point above about 100.degree. F.

Mouthfeel and lubricity enhancing composition

A low-fat natural cheese is manufactured from skim milk or skim milk cheese. In one embodiment, a gel-forming fat mimetic is added to skim milk to provide a cheese substrate. The gel-forming fat mimetic may be gelled in situ. The cheese substrate is then subjected to a cheese make procedure to provide a cheese curd. The cheese curd is then cured to provide a low-fat skim milk cheese. The skim milk cheese is comminuted and heated to a temperature of from about 140.degree. F. to about 180.degree. F. for a period of time sufficient to provide a homogeneous cheese mass. The cheese mass is then packaged to provide a low-fat natural cheese.

Method for manufacture of low fat natural cheese

A two-stage method for the preparation of polyol fatty acid polyesters is provided. The resulting polyol fatty acid polyesters are very lightly colored (i.e., colorless to slightly yellow) and have a high degree of substitution with fatty acid groups. The first stage of this two-stage method is a solvent-based esterification reaction; the second stage is an essentially solvent-free esterification reaction. In the first stage, a polyol in a solvent (e.g., sucrose in dimethylsulfoxide)) is reacted with fatty acid lower alkyl esters at relatively low temperatures using an alkaline salt catalyst. After the desired degree of esterification is obtained, the resulting partially-esterified polyol fatty acid polyesters and the solvent-containing phase are separated. The separated partially-esterified polyol fatty acid polyesters are further esterified with the same or different fatty acid lower alkyl esters in a second stage with an alkaline salt catalyst using essentially solvent-free, high temperature conditions whereby the degree of substitution is significantly increased. Most of the color bodies and other contaminants capable of producing color are removed with the solvent in the first stage and, therefore, are not present during the higher temperature reaction conditions of the second stage. The resulting polyol fatty acid polyesters, and in particular the sucrose fatty acid polyesters, are especially useful as fat substitutes in food applications and products.

Two-stage method for preparing polyol fatty acid polyesters

A method for providing a reduced fat, reduced calorie peanut butter composition. The method consists of the steps of providing a mixture of peanut meal having from about 5% to about 35% peanut oil and a polyol fatty acid polyester having at least four esterified hydroxyl groups. The polyol polyester is present in the mixture at a level of from about 10% to about 25% by weight, based on the weight of the peanut meal. The mixture is ground to provide a peanut paste and the peanut paste is mixed with additional polyol fatty acid polyesters having at least four esterified hydroxyl groups to provide a peanut butter product having a total fat content of from about 45% to about 55% by weight, but having a reduced level of digestible fat.

Method of making reduced calorie peanut products

The present invention is directed to an aqueous gel matrix which replaces triglyceride fat in chocolate and similar confection products. The product is prepared from a mixture including a gelling type maltodextrin, sugar, flavor particles and water. The confection product has a melting temperature of about 140.degree. F., has a firm chocolate-type consistency at temperatures below about 32.degree. F. and has a firmness ranging from that of chocolate sauce to that of butter or margarine at temperatures in the range of from about 32.degree. F. to about 140.degree. F. The melting properties of the low fat confection product of the invention make it particularly suitable for use in frozen dessert products.

Aqueous gel matrix for replacement of confection fats

A low-fat natural cheese is manufactured from skim milk or skim milk cheese. In one embodiment of the invention, a gel-forming fat mimetic is added to skim milk to provide a cheese substrate. The gel-forming fat mimetic may be gelled in situ or may be pregelled. The cheese substrate is then subjected to a cheese make procedure to provide a cheese curd. The cheese curd is then cured to provide a low-fat skim milk cheese. The skim milk cheese is comminuted and heated to a temperature of from about 140.degree. F. to about 180.degree. F. for a period of time sufficient to provide a homogeneous cheese mass. The cheese mass is then packaged to provide a low-fat natural cheese.

A method of making stable, low-calorie emulsion-type dressings wherein the triglyceride oil is replaced wholly or partially with an edible, wholly or partially nondigestible, low-calorie polyol fatty acid polyester is provided. A preemulsion containing at least a portion of the polyol fatty acid polyester, preferably sucrose fatty acid polyester, is prepared in a thickened gum solution. The preemulsion is then combined with the remaining ingredients. Stable mayonnaise-type products can be prepared containing about 40 to 60 weight percent polyol fatty acid polyesters. By incorporating a starch, viscous salad dressings containing about 12 to 50 weight percent polyol fatty acid polyesters can be prepared. The mayonnaise-type products can be used as a base for pourable salad dressings containing about 12 to 50 weight percent polyol fatty acid polyesters.

Process for making stable emulsified dressings with polyol fatty acid

Low-fat or reduced-fat chocolate products containing sucrose fatty acid polyesters are provided which have texture and mouthfeel properties similar to conventional chocolate products. These chocolate products are prepared using a sucrose fatty acid polyester or a blend of sucrose fatty acid polyesters in place of the conventional cocoa butter constituent. The sucrose fatty acid polyesters used do not necessarily mimic the theological and thermal properties of cocoa butter. Rather, the desired texture and mouthfeel properties of the chocolate products of this invention are obtained by incorporating a hydrogenated or hardened oil (i.e., a hardstock triglyceride) and an emulsifier selected from the group consisting of lactylated glycerides, sorbitan esters, acetylated glycerides, polysorbate esters, and polyglycerol esters, along with the one or more sucrose fatty acid polyesters, into conventional chocolate formulations containing essentially no cocoa butter or substantially reduced levels of cocoa butter. In one especially preferred embodiment, two sucrose fatty acid polyesters of different firmness and having high levels of sucrose fatty acid octaesters are employed. The improved chocolate products have similar texture and mouthfeel properties of conventional chocolate with significantly fewer calories and lower fat content. Moreover, the texture and mouthfeel properties can be varied for various uses by varying the relative proportions of the sucrose fatty acid polyesters and the hardened oil.

Chocolate products with sucrose fatty acid polyester fat substitutes

A non-fat edible plastic dispersion which has rheological properties similar to solid margarine or squeezable margarine. The plastic dispersion includes a fat mimetic selected from the group consisting of gelling type maltodextrins, starch modified by acid hydrolysis to remove amorphous regions therefrom and branched chain amylopectin starch and inulin.

Fat-free tablespread and method of making

A frozen dairy dessert product having on a non-flavored basis, from about 3% to about 20% of a polyol fatty acid polyester, from 0% to about 8% of a triglyceride fat, from about 0.3% to about 0.7% of an emulsifier, from about 10% to about 19% of milk solids not fat, from about 6% to about 15% of a carbohydrate sweetener, such as sucrose, from 0% to about 15% (dry solids basis) of low dextrose equivalent corn syrup solids having a dextrose equivalent (DE) of from about 20 to about 36, from 0% to about 6% (dry solids basis) of high DE corn syrup solids having a DE of from about 36 to about 95, from 0% to 6% (dry solids basis) of dextrin having a DE of less than about 20, from 0% to about 3% of starch and from 0% to about 0.5% stabilizer. A white mix containing all of the ingredients is prepared by adding the ingredients, including the polyol polyester to heated water with agitation. The white mix is pasteurized and homogenized at high pressure of above about 5000 psig to provide a pre-blend of the frozen dairy dessert components.

Frozen dairy product containing polyol polyesters

Low-fat or reduced-fat chocolate products containing sucrose fatty acid polyesters and dextrose are provided which have texture and mouthfeel properties similar to conventional chocolate products. The sweetener used is dextrose or blends of dextrose and sucrose. These chocolate products are prepared using a sucrose fatty acid polyester or a blend of sucrose fatty acid polyesters in place of the conventional cocoa butter constituent and dextrose or blends of dextrose and sucrose in place of the convention sucrose sweetener. The preferred form of dextrose is dextrose monohydrate. The sucrose fatty acid polyesters used do not necessarily mimic the rheological and thermal properties of cocoa butter. The improved chocolate products have similar texture and mouthfeel properties of conventional chocolate with significantly fewer calories and lower fat content. Moreover, the texture and mouthfeel properties can be varied for various uses by varying the relative proportions of the sucrose fatty acid polyesters and the relative proportions of the dextrose and sucrose in the sweetener. The use of dextrose results in chocolate compositions having improved mouthfeel and significantly reduced levels of waxiness.

Dextrose-containing chocolate products with sucrose fatty acid polyester

In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for manufacture of an edible fat containing product which is a water-in-oil emulsion having discrete droplets of an oil-in-water emulsion dispersed therein. The method includes the steps of providing an oil-in-water emulsion at a temperature where the oil phase is liquid. A separate water-in-oil emulsion is provided at a temperature wherein the oil phase is liquid. The water-in-oil emulsion is cooled to a temperature such that at least about 5% of the oil phase is crystallized. The oil-in-water emulsion is combined with the water-in-oil emulsion and the combined emulsions are immediately cooled with agitation so that the oil phase of the water-in-oil emulsion substantially crystallizes to entrap discrete droplets of the oil-in-water emulsion.

Edible fat-containing margarine type products and process for preparing

The present invention is directed to a method for the manufacture of a natural cheese. In the method, moisture, salts and lactose are removed from skim milk by ultrafiltration and diafiltration to provide a retentate having between about 60% and about 85% moisture, between about 0.7% and about 2.5% salts, and less than about 1.8% lactose. A lactic acid producing cheese culture is then added to the retentate and the retentate is fermented to a pH of between about 4.8 and about 5.6. The fermentation is effected without coagulating the retentate. An emulsion is then prepared by homogenizing a mixture of an aqueous material and a fat. The emulsion contains from about 10% to about 70% fat. The fat comprises from about 25% to 100% of a polyol fatty acid polyester with the balance being a triglyceride fat. The fermented retentate and the emulsion are then blended together. A milk clotting enzyme is added to the blend and the blend is immediately subjected to evaporation. Moisture is evaporated from the blend to provide a pre-cheese having from about 45% to about 60% solids. The pre-cheese is then cured to provide a natural cheese having a fat level of from about 7% to about 45%.

Manufacture of cheese products with polyol polyester fat substitutes

Substantially fat-free cheese slice products and methods for manufacturing such products, comprising less than about 1.67 weight percent fat.

Low fat processed cheese product having fat-mimetic properties and

Microfragmented ionic polysaccharide/protein complex dispersions

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Arlington Heights, IL, United States of America

Mark S Miller