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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Linsen Liu, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Daniel Scott Lampert, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cargilll, Incorporated, Deephaven, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/125 ; A23D 9/02 ; C11B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/125 ; A23D 9/02 ; C11B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A process for modifying a triacylglycerol stock, such as a vegetable oil stock, to better control fluidity is provided. The process includes interesterifying the triacylglycerol stock in the presence of a basic catalyst while monitoring the absorbance of the reaction mixture. A modified triacylglycerol stock produced by partial interesterification as well as plastic spreads and water-in-oil emulsions which include the partially interesterified triacylglycerol stock are also provided.