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US 2014/0235596 A1Published application
Fat composition
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorRika Homma
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Abstract
Provided is a fat or oil composition, comprising the following components (A) and (B): (A) 0.4 to 6 mass of a free type triterpene alcohol; and (B) 0.2 to 3 mass of a free type phytosterol containing 20 mass % or more of 3-sitosterol, in which a content mass ratio of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) to the free type phytosterol (B), [(A)/(B)], is 0.9 or more.
Claims21
1-8. (canceled)
9:
- A fat or oil composition, comprising components (A) and (B):
- (A) 0.4 to 6 mass % of a free type triterpene alcohol;
- and
- (B) 0.2 to 3 mass % of a free type phytosterol comprising 20 mass % or more of β-sitosterol,
- wherein a content mass ratio of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) to the free type phytosterol (B), [(A)/(B)], is 0.9 or more.
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10:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) is from 0.4 to 5%.
11:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) is from 0.4 to 4%.
12:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content of the free type phytosterol (B) is from 0.2 to 2.5 mass %.
13:
- The fat or oil composition according to according to claim 9, wherein the content of the free type phytosterol (B) is from 0.2 to 2 mass %.
14:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content mass ratio of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) to the free type phytosterol (B), [(A)/(B)], is from 0.9 to 6.
15:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content mass ratio of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) to the free type phytosterol (B), [(A)/(B)], is from 0.9 to 3.5.
16:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content mass ratio of the free type triterpene alcohol (A) to the free type phytosterol (B), [(A)/(B)], is from 0.9 to 3.
17:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content of β-sitosterol in the free type phytosterol (B) is from 20 to 70 mass %.
18:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the content of β-sitosterol in the free type phytosterol (B) is from 20 to 40 mass %.
19:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, further comprising from 78 to 99.4 mass % of a triacylglycerol.
20:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the free type phytosterol (B) further comprises campesterol.
21:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 20, wherein a content of the campesterol in the free type phytosterol (B) is from 5 to 80%.
22:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein the free type triterpene alcohol as the component (A) comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of cycloartenol, 24-methylenecycloartanol, and cyclobranol.
23:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, further comprising less than 0.7 mass % of γ-oryzanol.
24:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, comprising less than 0.0034 mass % of the γ-oryzanol.
25:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, further comprising a fatty acid ester type triterpene alcohol, which is present in an amount of less than 1.4 mass %.
26:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, comprising a fatty acid ester type triterpene alcohol, which is present in an amount of less than 0.05 mass %.
27:
- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein constituent fatty acids of the fat or oil in the fat or oil composition comprise from 60 to 100 mass % of unsaturated fatty acids.
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- The fat or oil composition according to claim 9, wherein constituent fatty acids of the fat or oil in the fat or oil composition comprise 40 mass % or less of saturated fatty acids.