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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard S Meyer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Michael L Campbell, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
Curtice-Burns Foods, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426611 ; 426804 ;
Abstract
A fat substitute composition includes an edible, substantially non-digestible fat substitute material having a melting point of about 37.degree. C. or less in combination with an emulsifier as an anti-laxative agent to reduce an undesirable laxative effect associated with the fat substitute material. In a preferred embodiment, the emulsifier is present at a level of greater than 5% by weight of the fat substitute material.