# US 2019/0313660 A1 · Composition comprising a structured continuous oil phase

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- Number: US 2019/0313660 A1
- Document ID: US20190313660A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/471,574
- Filed: 2017-12-12
- Published: 2019-10-17
- Earliest claimed: 2016-12-23
- Assignees: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
- Applicants: Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
- Inventors: Elisabeth Cornelia Maria Bouwens; Hendrikus Theodorus W.M. van der Hijden; Marinus Willem Koster; Jan Adrianus Verheij; Robert Vreeker
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190313660A1

## CPC

- A23D 7/0053: {Compositions other than spreads}
- A23D 7/0056: {Spread compositions}
- A23L 29/262: Cellulose; Derivatives thereof, e.g. ethers
- A23L 33/22: Comminuted fibrous parts of plants, e.g. bagasse or pulp
- A23L 33/24: Cellulose or derivatives thereof
- A23V 2002/00: Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
- A23D: EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS OR COOKING OILS (preservation thereof A23B20/00; production, refinement or preservation of animal or vegetable fats or oils C11B, C11C)
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- A23V: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION

## Abstract

The invention relates to an oil-continuous composition comprising at least 30 wt. % of a structured continuous oil phase and less than 10 wt. % water, said structured continuous oil phase comprising: 96-99.7 wt. % fat, said fat having a solid fat content at 20° C. (N20) of 0-50% and a liquid oil content at 20° C. that equals 100%−N20; particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from aubergine parenchymal tissue, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 μm and 500 μm; wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is present in the structured continuous oil phase in a concentration of 0.3-8% by weight of the liquid oil. The aforementioned particulate cell wall material is capable of structuring liquid oil at very low concentrations.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An oil-continuous composition comprising at least 30 wt. % of a structured continuous oil phase and less than 10 wt. % water, said structured continuous oil phase comprising:
96-99.7 wt. % fat, said fat having a solid fat content at 20° C. (N20) of 0-50% and a liquid oil content at 20° C. that equals 100%−N20;
particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from aubergine parenchymal tissue, said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size of between 25 μm and 500 μm;
wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material is present in the structured continuous oil phase in a concentration of 0.3-8% by weight of the liquid oil.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition is not a liquid at 20° C.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition is not liquid at the melting temperature of the fat that is contained therein, said melting temperature being defined as the lowest temperature T at which the solid fat content (Nt) of the fat equals 0.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The composition according to claim 2, wherein the fat-continuous composition is non-liquid at 20° C., and the fat contained herein has a solid fat content at 20° C. (N20) of at least 5%.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition has a shear storage modulus G′ at 20° C. of at least 5,000 Pa.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the structured continuous oil phase contains not more than 6 wt. % of the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition consists of the structured continuous oil phase.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the composition contains:
30-90 wt % of the structured continuous oil phase; and
10-70 wt. % of solid particles selected from salt particles, sugar particles, particles of intact plant tissue, particles of intact animal tissue and combinations thereof, said solid particles having a diameter in the range of 0.1-10 mm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The composition according to claim 1, wherein the anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material contains galacturonic acid and glucose in a molar ratio of less than 0.60.

### Claim 10

A process of preparing an oil-continuous composition, said process comprising mixing 100 parts by weight of fat with 0.1-10 parts by weight of particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material from aubergine parenchymal tissue; said fat having a solid fat content at 20° C. (N20) of 0-50%; said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a bulk density of less than 50 g/l and at least 90 wt. % of said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size between 25 μm and 500 μm.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The process according to claim 10, wherein the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material when dispersed in demineralised water in a concentration of 3 wt. % produces a suspension having a conductivity of less than 200 μS/cm.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The process according to claim 10, wherein the process comprises mixing 100 parts by weight of fat with 0.4-4 parts by weight of the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1, 10)

The process according to claim 10, wherein the process yields an oil continuous composition according to claim 1.

### Claim 14

(canceled)

### Claim 15

A method of preparing particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a bulk density of less than 50 g/l, at least 90 wt. % of said particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material having a particle size between 25 μm and 500 μm, said method comprising:
providing plant material having a water content of at least 50 wt. % and comprising parenchymal tissue from aubergine, said parenchymal tissue providing at least 80 wt. % of the dry matter in the starting material;
heating the plant material to a temperature T exceeding Tmin of 70° C. during a time period ‘t’ wherein temperature T (in ° C.) and the time period t (in minutes) meet the following equation:
t>1200/(T−69)14;
washing the heated plant material or a fraction of the heated plant material with water to reduce the concentration of monosaccharides to less than 10% by weight of dry matter, said monosaccharides being selected from glucose, fructose and combinations thereof; and
drying the washed plant material;
wherein the plant material is comminuted before the washing step to produce a pulp.

### Claim 16 (depends on 6)

The composition according to claim 6, wherein the structured continuous oil phase contains not more than 4 wt. % of the particulate anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material.

### Claim 17 (depends on 9)

The composition according to claim 9, wherein the anhydrous non-defibrillated cell wall material contains galacturonic acid and glucose in a molar ratio of less than 0.50.