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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2000
Richard B. Rogers, Chicago, IL (US);
John B. Topinka, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Elizabeth Gwartney, Littleton, CO (US);
Johnny Casanovas, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Scott T. Ostergaard, Racine, WI (US);
Daniel G. Lis, Schaumburg, IL (US);
John A. DeWalt, South Holland, IL (US);
Anilkumar G. Gaonkar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Plant sterols have been shown to be cholesterol-reducing agents in human serum. In the present invention, plant sterols, plant stanols, plant sterol esters and other non-toxic sterols are micromilled with emulsifiers in a solvent (water or edible oil) to produce dispersion which can be incorporated into full-fat, reduced-fat, low-fat, fat-free and triglyceride-free food products. Such water-based or edible oil-based dispersions can be used to incorporate relatively high levels of such sterols/stanols in food products without the adverse organoleptic effect normally associated with the use of such plant sterols and plant stanols.