Method for the preparation of a monoglyceride hydrate product
AssigneeCaravan Ingredients Inc.
InventorsJeff Bradley Botts, Jimmy Ray Doucet
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a monoglyceride hydrate product, which product may be used as an emulsifier in various food and non-food applications. The present invention further relates to the monoglyceride hydrate product obtainable by said method. The invention further relates to a monoglyceride hydrate product, comprising monoglycerides, with saturated fatty acid residues, water and non-hydrogenated monoglycerides and/or diglycerides having unsaturated fatty acid residues.
Claims12
A method for preparing a monoglyceride hydrate product, comprising, sequentially:
- (a) mixing a monoglyceride composition having an iodine value of 15 or lower with water at a temperature of about 50° C. to about 90° C., wherein the ratio of monoglycerides to water ranges from 4:1 to 1:5;
- (b) cooling the mixture of step (a) to a temperature at least about 2° C. below the Krafft temperature of the monoglyceride composition, such that at least a part of the monoglycerides crystallizes and at least partly precipitates from the water, due to the lowering of the temperature of the mixture to at least about 2° C. below the Krafft temperature of the monoglyceride composition, resulting in an aqueous mixture comprising the monoglyceride in crystalline form;
- (c) mixing the mixture of step (b) with a co-emulsifier comprising nonhydrogenated monoglycerides and/or diglycerides and having an iodine value of 25 or higher;
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- (d) homogenizing the mixture of step (c),
- wherein the monoglyceride hydrate product obtained in step (d) comprises:
- (i) 15 to 80% by weight monoglycerides having an iodine value of 15 or lower;
- (ii) 0.5 to 20% by weight non-hydrogenated monoglycerides and/or diglycerides having an iodine value of 25 or higher;
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- (iii) 5 to 80% by weight water.
A method for preparing a monoglyceride hydrate product, comprising, sequentially:
- (a) mixing a monoglyceride composition having an iodine value of 15 or lower with water at a temperature of about 50° C. to about 90° C., wherein the ratio of monoglycerides to water ranges from 4:1 to 1:5;
- (b) cooling the mixture of step (a) to a temperature at least about 2° C. below the Krafft temperature of the monoglyceride composition, such that at least a part of the monoglycerides crystallizes and at least partly precipitates from the water, due to the lowering of the temperature of the mixture to at least about 2° C. below the Krafft temperature of the monoglyceride composition, resulting in an aqueous mixture comprising the monoglyceride in crystalline form;
- (c) mixing the mixture of step (b) with a co-emulsifier comprising non-hydrogenated monoglycerides and/or diglycerides and having an iodine value of 25 or higher;
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- (d) homogenizing the mixture of step (c).
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