Low fat spread
AssigneeGrain Processing Corporation
InventorsAlpha L. Morehouse, Charles J. Lewis
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Abstract
Margarine or butter-like spreads of reduced caloric values which involve an edible fat at levels of from about 15 to 35% by weight of the spread and a low D.E. non-gelling starch hydrolyzate having a D.E. value of about 4 and not more than 25.
Claims19
A low fat spread comprising a blend of an edible fat suitable for butter substitutes, a non-gelled starch hydrolyzate having a D.E. of about 4 and not more than 25 and water, such blend being a water-in-oil emulsion and having the approximate consistency of natural butter at room temperature wherein the edible fat is employed in an amount of from about 15 to 35% by weight of the spread and the starch hydrolyzate is employed in an amount of from about 15 to 35% by weight of the spread.
A process for producing a low fat spread which comprises dispersing in water a starch hydrolyzate in an amount of from about 15 to 35% by weight of the spread having a D.E. value of about 4 and not more than 25 to form a non-gelled dispersion, adding to said aqueous dispersion while mixing an edible fat suitable for butter substitutes in an amount of from about 15 to 35% by weight of the spread to form initially an oil-in-water emulsion, continuing the mixing under conditions such that phase inversion occurs and a water-in-oil emulsion is formed having the consistency of natural butter at room temperature.
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