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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Igor Bodnar, Vlaardingen, NL;
Eckhard Fl{overscore (o)}ter, Vlaardingen, NL;
Wim Hogervorst, Vlaardingen, NL;
Cornelis Willem Van Oosten, Vlaardingen, NL;
Assignee:
Unilever Bestfoods North America, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/007 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/007 ;
Abstract
An edible water-in-oil microemulsion that is transparent or translucent in appearance and comprises oil, a surfactant, a cosurfactant or cosolvent and a water phase comprising water and optional water-soluble components; the oil comprises from 25 to 97 wt % diglycerides relative to the total weight of glycerides.