The Procter Gamble Company

Michael W Tafuri

James A Hellyer

Josephine L Kong-Chan

Bernard Y Tao

Pamela J Fry

Simulated cheese analogs which are reduced in calories and animal fat are produced by combining protein derived from aged or non-aged low-fat or full-fat cheese, dry-powdered bland flavored milk protein, vegetable protein, or mixtures thereof; water; cheese flavors, an emulsifying salt; an acidulant, if desired; adjuvant materials, if desired; and a fatty substance which is non-digestible, partially digestible, or is lower in net caloric efficiency than butterfat, animal fat, or vegetable fat.

Simulated cheese analogs with reduced animal fat and calories

Synthetic cheese products which are reduced in calories and animal fat are produced by combining protein derived from dry-powdered bland-flavored milk protein, vegetable protein, aged or non-aged low-fat or full-fat cheese, or mixtures thereof; water; cheese flavors; an emulsifying salt; an acidulant; adjuvant materials, if desired; and a fatty substance which is non-digestible, partially digestible, or lower in net caloric efficiency than butterfat, animal fat, or vegetable fat.

Simulated cheese products with reduced animal fat and calories

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A structural fat particularly suitable for margarines and other emulsified spreads, especially stick-type products is disclosed. This fat has a unique triglyceride composition. The important positional isomers are the SSS, SOS, SSO and SOO/SLS triglycerides, wherein S=saturated fatty acid residue, O=oleic acid residue and L=linoleic acid residue. The weight ratios of palmitic to stearic acid and oleic to linoleic acid residues attached to the glycerides are important. The fat can be obtained from a solventless two-step thermal fractionation of palm oil.

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Montgomery, OH, United States of America

Michael W Tafuri