Creamy opaque pourable salad dressing
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsLeonardo Jose Sanchez AQUINO, Rosemary Antoinette GOLDEN
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Abstract
A creamy opaque pourable and/or sprayable salad dressing containing a gum system having substantially no solids. The gum system includes carrageenan, xanthan gum and propylene glycol alginate. No creaming is observed with a salad dressing composition having an oil content of 10% or more, a water content of about 40% to about 75%, and a gum content of less than about 1%.
Claims20
A creamy salad dressing composition comprising:
- at least 10% triglyceride oil;
- substantially no solids;
- an aqueous phase comprising water and a gum system comprising a combination of carrageenan, xanthan gum, and alginate;
- wherein said water comprises about 40% to about 75% by weight of said salad dressing composition;
- wherein said gums comprise about 1% or less by weight of said salad dressing composition;
- wherein said composition exhibits no creaming;
- and
- wherein said composition is opaque.
The salad dressing according to claim 14 wherein said salt is present at from about 2.10% to about 2.40%.
A creamy opaque salad dressing composition consisting essentially of:
- at least 10% triglyceride oil;
- substantially no solids;
- an aqueous phase consisting of water and a gum system consisting of a combination of carrageenan, xanthan gum, and alginate;
- wherein said water comprises about 40% to about 75% by weight of said salad dressing composition;
- wherein said gums comprise about 1% or less by weight of said salad dressing composition;
- and
- an acidifier;
- wherein said composition exhibits no creaming.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.