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US 12,501,913 B2Granted
Process for preparing a spread
AssigneeFlora Food Global Principal B.V.
InventorsBerend Jan Arends, Christiaan Michaël Beindorff, Johannes Jozef Marie Janssen, Teunis de Man, Marcel Stevens
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Abstract
A process for manufacturing an edible water-in-oil spread, which process has the advantages of the cool blending process for manufacturing spreads, with improved rework capabilities. This is achieved by combining a stirred tank with recirculation means.
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A process for preparing an edible fat-continuous spread comprising 15-65% fat and 35-85% water, said process comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a fat powder, an aqueous phase, and an oil phase;
- b) mixing said oil phase and said fat powder to form a fat slurry in a tank or recirculation means to which such tank is connected, and treating the resulting fat slurry by applying a stepwise reduction in absolute pressure from 500 mbar to 100 mbar, over a period of up to 12 minutes, while recirculating the fat slurry between the tank and the recirculation means;
- c) combining the aqueous phase with the fat slurry outside said tank in the recirculation means, to form a pre-emulsion;
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- d) forming the edible fat-continuous spread by recirculating the pre-emulsion at least once between the tank and the recirculation means;
- wherein steps c) and d) are performed at a temperature below 23° C.
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