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AssigneeEnzymotec Ltd.
InventorsAvidor SHULMAN, Gai BEN DROR, Hala LAOUZ, Dov YAAKOBI, Zohar BAR-ON, Gregory BLINDER, Iris MEIRI-BENDEK, Yael HERZOG
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Disclosed are human milk fat (HMF) substitutes, processes for preparation thereof, uses thereof, and fat blends and formula containing the HMF substitutes. A fat base composition of the invention includes a mixture of vegetable-derived triglycerides, with less than 50% of the fatty acid residues bonded at the sn-2 position being saturated; and/or with the amount of saturated fatty acid residues bonded at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone less than about 43.5% of the total amount of the fatty acid residues. Typically, substantially all of the saturated fatty acids bonded at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone are palmitic acid residues. Also disclosed are substitute HMF compositions including a blend of at least 25% or at least 30% of the fat base composition of the invention with up to 75%, or respectively up to 70%, of at least one vegetable oil. Processes for preparing the fat base compositions and blend are also disclosed. Further disclosed are infant formulas including the fat base composition or substitute human milk fat composition.
An enzymatically prepared fat base composition comprising a mixture of vegetable-derived triglycerides, characterized in that:
A process for the preparation of a lipid composition having a composition substantially similar to that of HMF, comprising the steps of:
A lipid composition characterized in having 0-20% C12:0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids, preferably 10-15%;
A process for the preparation of a substitute HMF composition comprising admixing a suitable fat base composition with at least one vegetable oil, wherein the vegetable oil is chemically or enzymatically randomized prior to being mixed with the fat base composition.
A process for the preparation of a fat base composition for use as an ingredient of infant formula, comprising the steps of (a) reacting an either chemically or enzymatically randomized triglyceride mixture which has a suitable profile of fatty acids, preferably a palmitic acid content of more than about 35% of the total fatty acids, with a suitable free unsaturated fatty acids source which source has a palmitic acid content of less than 10% of the total free fatty acids, in the presence of an insoluble catalyst, the ratio of said free fatty acids to said glyceride mixture being from about 7:1 to about 1:1. (b) removing the catalyst;
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