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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1998
Martine Daenzer-Alloncle, Treycovagnes, CH;
Niklaus Meister, Grosshoechstetten, CH;
Madeleine Merz, Konolfingen, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A fluid lactic cream which has a fat content in an amount, by weight, between 10% and 30% and which has been treated by an ultra-high temperature ('UHT') treatment or other sterilization procedure or by pasteurization to provide a cream product for unrefrigerated or refrigerated storage and which contains an additive component for controlling viscosity which is in an amount so that the composition has a viscosity between 250 and 1600 mPas and which is chosen from a group of (i) a modified starch in an amount, by weight, between 1.5 and 4%, or (ii) a mixture of modified starch and maltodextrin wherein, by weight, the modified starch is in an amount between 1.5 and 4% and the maltodextrin is in an amount between 1 and 4%, or (iii) a mixture of maltodextrin and xanthan wherein, by weight, the maltodextrin is in an amount between 1.5 and 4% and the xanthan is in an amount between 0.1 and 0.4%.