Spreadable dairy product
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsErnst BEUTLER, Caroline NIEDERREITER, Sylvie LANGOURIEUX, Carla DELANNOY
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Abstract
The invention concerns a shelf stable spread that includes sweetened condensed milk of fat content 2 to 25% by weight and water content 15 to 35% by weight and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance added at a ratio ranging from 2% to 30% by weight and preferably 5% to 15% by weight wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and is thickened by shear so that it has a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s.
Claims15
A shelf stable spread comprising sweetened condensed milk having a fat content of 2 to 25% by weight of the sweetened condensed milk, a water content of 15 to 35% by weight of the shelf stable spread and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance present in an amount of 2% to 30% by weight of the shelf stable spread, wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and has one, more or all of (a) to (d):
- (a) a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s;
- or
- (b) a yield point of at least 90 Pa measured by a rheometer with a four blade vane geometry (FL22) using a stress sweep from 0 to 560 Pa at 25° C.;
- or
- (c) a G′ value (storage modulus) for a stress value equal to 1 Pa of at least 400 Pa measured by a rheometer with a four blade vane geometry (FL22) using a stress sweep from 0 to 20 Pa at a frequency of 1 Hz and at 25° C.;
- or
- (d) a combination of (a) and (b);
- (b) and (c):
- (a) and (c):
- or (a), (b), and (c),
- wherein the shelf stable spread contains lactose crystals visible as distinct and regular crystals of maximum dimension less than 25 microns under optical microscopy in Differential Interference Contrast mode with a magnification factor of 640×.
A shelf stable spread consisting of sweetened condensed milk having a fat content of 2 to 25% by weight of the sweetened condensed milk, a water content of 15 to 35% by weight of the shelf stable spread and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance present in an amount of 2% to 30% by weight of the shelf stable spread, wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and has all of (a) to (d):
- (a) a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s;
- or
- (b) a yield point of at least 90 Pa measured by a rheometer with a four blade vane geometry (FL22) using a stress sweep from 0 to 560 Pa at 25° C.;
- or
- (c) a G′ value (storage modulus) for a stress value equal to 1 Pa of at least 400 Pa measured by a rheometer with a four blade vane geometry (FL22) using a stress sweep from 0 to 20 Pa at a frequency of 1 Hz and at 25° C.;
- or
- (d) a combination of (a) and (b);
- (b) and (c):
- (a) and (c):
- or (a), (b), and (c),
- wherein the shelf stable spread contains lactose crystals visible as distinct and regular crystals of maximum dimension less than 25 microns under optical microscopy in Differential Interference Contrast mode with a magnification factor of 640×;
- wherein the lactose crystals are sufficiently homogeneous that discrete fat globules are substantially not distinctly visible under fluorescence microscopy with a magnification factor of 640× when the product is stained with Nile Red dye;
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- wherein the sweetened condensed milk optionally includes added maltodextrin or soluble fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.