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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1994
Emanuel J McGinley, Morrisville, PA (US);
Aaron C Venables, Yardley, PA (US);
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to both a thickener/stabilizer/gelling agent for edible lipids comprising a stabilizing effective amount of a combination of (1) a finely divided cellulose component and (2) a surfactant component comprising one or more surfactants, in powder aggregate form and the use of this agent to stabilize an edible lipid, and to the method of making the agent. The invention is also directed to the resulting stabilized lipids, which have viscosity and consistency characteristics that were previously only obtainable with use of stabilizers such as fats that have the undesirable effect of increasing LDL and decreasing HDL.