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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Jimbay P Loh, Peekskill, NY (US);
Ramanathapur G Krishnamurthy, Glenview, IL (US);
Daniel G Lis, Wheeling, IL (US);
Richard N McArdle, Mahopac, NY (US);
Zohar M Merchant, Wilmette, IL (US);
Lisa Anne Preston, Chicago, IL (US);
Jerome F Trumbetas, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Susan M Vidal, Bedford, NY (US);
Vernon C Witte, Naperville, IL (US);
James J Myrick, Glencoe, IL (US);
Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A gel composition of water, substantially linear polymeric monosaccharide and insoluble material exhibiting exceptional gel strength, thermal stability and organoleptic properties that may be utilized as a fat mimetic in food products. A preferred manufacturing method includes microparticulating the composition at elevated temperatures.