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AssigneeLoders Croklaan B.V.
InventorsImro 'T Zand, Youchan Yan
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Abstract
The invention provides a composition comprising a glyceride composition comprising at least about 15% by weight of a glyceride comprising a palmitoyl group at the 2-position, wherein at least 30% by weight of the total palmitic acid content of the composition is present at the 2-position in a glyceride, wherein the composition comprises one or more tocopherols and ascorbyl palmitate in a total amount of up to about 1% by weight, and wherein the composition does not comprise added lecithin.
Claims20
A glyceride composition comprising at least about 15% by weight of a glyceride comprising a palmitoyl group at the 2-position,
- wherein at least 30% by weight of the total palmitic acid content of the composition is present at the 2-position in a glyceride,
- wherein the composition comprises one or more tocopherols and ascorbyl palmitate in a total amount of up to about 1% by weight, and
- wherein the composition does not comprise added lecithin.
A method to improve the stability of a glyceride composition comprising a glyceride having a palmitoyl group at the 2-position, comprising adding a mixture comprising one or more tocopherols and ascorbyl palmitate,
- wherein at least 30% by weight of the total palmitic acid content of the composition is present at the 2-position in a glyceride,
- wherein the composition and the mixture do not comprise added lecithin, and, optionally, the mixture is present in the composition in an amount of up to about 1% by weight.
A mixture comprising one or more tocopherols, a vegetable oil and ascorbyl palmitate, and wherein the mixture does not comprise lecithin.
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