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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
C. Ronnie Yuan, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Noel G. Rudie, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Opta Food Ingredients, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/007 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/007 ;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a food ingredient comprising one or more sterols, one or more fats and one or more emulsifiers, as well as to methods of making the food ingredient and food compositions comprising the food ingredient The food ingredient can be used as a cholesterol-lowering agent.