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US 12,740,579 B2Granted
Liquid oil-based fat system composition for microwave popcorn
AssigneeConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
InventorsSteven Kaiser, Indarpal Singh, Andrew Wassinger
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Abstract
A liquid-oil based fat system for use in microwave popcorn products is described to prevent wicking and leaking of oil from microwave popcorn packaging. In an aspect, a microwave popcorn product includes a charge of popcorn and a slurry including a liquid-based oil, a structuring ingredient, and a seasoning for introduction to a microwave popcorn package that expands during the popping process in a microwave.
Claims11
A microwave popcorn product comprising:
- a microwave popcorn package having an interior volume configured to expand during a microwave heating process of the microwave popcorn product;
- a charge of popcorn contained within the interior volume of the microwave popcorn package;
- and
- a slurry including a mixture of each of
- a liquid-based oil;
- a fat-based structuring ingredient;
- and
- a seasoning,
- wherein the fat-based structuring ingredient includes a blend of mono- and diglycerides in an amount from about 18% to about 26% by weight of the slurry, and wherein the slurry includes the liquid-based oil in an amount from about 54.8% to about 67.0% by weight of the slurry and includes no palm oil, and wherein the slurry is in the form of an organogel of the fat-based structuring ingredient and the liquid-based oil to maintain the liquid-based oil within the organogel at room temperature storage conditions of the microwave popcorn product.
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A microwave popcorn product comprising:
- a microwave popcorn package having an interior volume configured to expand during a microwave heating process of the microwave popcorn product;
- a charge of popcorn contained within the interior volume of the microwave popcorn package;
- and
- a slurry including a mixture of each of
- a liquid-based oil in an amount from about 54.8% to about 67.0% by weight of the slurry, the liquid-based oil including at least one of avocado oil, olive oil, and sunflower oil;
- a fat-based structuring ingredient, wherein the fat-based structuring ingredient includes a blend of mono- and diglycerides in an amount from about 18% to about 26% by weight of the slurry;
- and
- a seasoning,
- wherein the slurry includes no palm oil and is in the form of an organogel of the fat-based structuring ingredient and the liquid-based oil to maintain the liquid-based oil within the organogel at room temperature storage conditions of the microwave popcorn product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.