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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael A. Staeger, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Jennifer E. Folstad, Blaine, MN (US);
Jeffrey F. Enz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Karen Marie Mandl Garrity, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Eric A. Olson, Anoka, MN (US);
Jon Duke Seibold, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are hydrated fat compositions comprising a water-in-oil emulsion comprising (a) a continuous phase comprising: a solid fat comprising a fully-hydrogenated vegetable oil, a stearine fraction of a vegetable oil, or a mixture thereof, in an amount ranging from about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the hydrated fat; and a low trans-fat liquid vegetable oil in an amount ranging from about 20 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of the hydrated fat composition; (b) a dispersed phase comprising water in an amount ranging from about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the hydrated fat composition; and (c) an emulsifier.