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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hindrik Huizinga, Maassluis, NL;
Cornelis Laurentius Sassen, Schiedam, NL;
Leo Frans Vermaas, Maassluis, NL;
Paul Schur, Willowdale, CA;
Assignee:
Van den Bergh Foods, Co., division of Conopco, Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ; A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426607 ; 426603 ;
Abstract
A margarine fat blend and a plastic W/O emulsion spread comprising 5-14% of a hardstock being a stearin fraction of an interesterified mixture of 25-65% unhardened lauric fat stearin and 75-35% unhardened C.sub.16+ fat stearin. Also provided is a process for preparing such hardstock without the use of chemical modification or solvent or Lanza fractionation. As byproduct of this process an olein fraction can be obtained suitable for use in cooking or baking fats or W/O emulsion spreads.