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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Charles Sekula, Lebanon Township, NJ (US);
Jacenty W. Golebiowski, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
BestFoods, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/02 ; A23L 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/02 ; A23L 1/38 ;
Abstract
A reduced calorie and reduced fat nut butter composition, particularly a peanut butter. Fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerin compositions are used and incorporated into the nut butter compositions as a roasting medium or otherwise. The fatty acid-esterified propoxylated glycerin composition have a Iodine Value of less than or equal to about 10 and an average number of fatty acid acyl group carbons per propoxylation number of about 7 to about 15. The nut butter compositions do not exhibit the undesirable side effects of gastrointestinal intolerance or anal leakage and do not require stabilizes.