Nonaqueous shortening compositions with reducing sugar particles suspended therein
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsEddy R. Hair, Nancy A. Kinach
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Abstract
Disclosed are nonaqueous shortening compositions containing reducing sugars. The reducing sugars are substantially uniformly suspended throughout the nonaqueous shortening composition. The composition can be used as butter or margarine substitutes in baking or cooking where the cooking progress is monitored by surface browning of food. The composition contains from about 90 to 99.5% by weight of an edible lipid and from about 0.25 to 5% by weight of a reducing sugar.
Claims16
A nonaqueous shortening composition comprising:
- (a) from about 90 to 99.5% by weight of an edible lipid;
- (b) from about 0.25 to 5% by weight of reducing sugar particles substantially uniformly suspended throughout the nonaqueous shortening composition;
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- (c) less than about 0.1% by weight of water.
A nonaqueous solid shortening composition comprising:
- (a) from about 90 to 99.5% by weight of an edible lipid;
- (b) from about 0.5 to 1.5% by weight of reducing sugar particles substantially uniformly suspended throughout said nonaqueous solid shortening composition;
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- (c) less than about 0.1% by weight of water.
A nonaqueous liquid shortening composition comprising:
- (a) from about 90 to 99.5% by weight of an edible lipid;
- (b) from about 0.25 to 5% by weight of reducing sugar particles substantially uniformly suspended throughout said nonaqueous liquid shortening composition with about 50% by weight of said reducing sugar particles having a particle diameter of less than about 20 microns;
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- (c) less than about 0.1% by weight of water.
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