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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1983
Donald J Hamm, New Providence, NJ (US);
CPC International Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
A low calorie substitute for the edible oil component in oil-based food compositions is disclosed, which low-calorie substitute is comprised in substantial proportion of at least one-low calorie oil component selected from the group consisting of thermally stable polycarboxylic acids having 2 to 4 carboxylic acid groups esterified with saturated or unsaturated alcohols having straight or branched carbon chains of from 8 to 30 carbon atoms. A low-calorie substitute of the present invention exhibits physical and functional properties substantially comparable to triglyceride vegetable oils, including the ability to serve as a cooking oil or to replace a portion of the edible oil in a food composition, such as a margarine or a mayonnaise. At the same time, the low-calorie substitute of the present invention has the additional advantage that it is substantially unsusceptible to enzymatic hydrolysis by lipases and therefore does not represent a caloric source in the diet.