Dispersion structuring agent
AssigneeFeyecon Development & Implementation B.V.
InventorsFrank Emile Wubbolts, Cynthia Akkermans, Tjerk De Vries, Ernst Jan Siewers, Daniela Oana Trambitas, Rolf Sebastiaan Wilms
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Abstract
Disclosed is a novel method of making a structuring agent for edible dispersions such as margarines or spreads. Fat, or another structuring component, is subjected to a process involving mixing it with liquefied gas or supercritical gas, and expanding the mixture through an orifice. In the invention, water is added to the mixture prior to expansion, so as to provide a spray liquid in the form of a fat and water emulsion.
Claims18
The use, as a structuring agent in an edible dispersion comprising oil and structuring agent and one or more of an aqueous phase and/or a solid phase, of a composition obtainable by a method comprising preparing a Spray Liquid comprising a structuring component in a liquid state and gas in a liquefied or supercritical state distributed in the spray liquid, subjecting the Spray Liquid to a first pressure P1, expanding said mixture by spraying it through an orifice to an environment having a second pressure P2, with P1>P2, wherein water is added to the Spray Liquid prior to spraying so as to form an emulsion of structuring component and water as the Spray Liquid.
A method of making a composition suitable for use as a dispersion structuring agent, the method comprising preparing a Spray Liquid comprising a structuring component, such as a fat, in a liquid state and gas in a liquefied or supercritical state distributed in the spray liquid, subjecting the Spray Liquid to a first pressure P1, expanding said mixture by spraying it through an orifice to an environment having a second pressure P2, with P1>P2, wherein water is added to the Spray Liquid prior to spraying so as to form an emulsion of structuring component and water as the Spray Liquid, wherein the Spray Liquid further comprises an emulsifier, and wherein the structuring agent comprises fat and water.
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