Coprocessed particulate bulking and formulating AIDS: their composition, production, and use
AssigneeFMC Corporation
InventorsEmanuel J. McGinley, Gregory R. Krawczyk, Edward Selinger
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Abstract
A composition that is a composite of cellulose and a surfactant. The composite is made by the process of coprocessing the cellulose with a surfactant. The composite can be used as a bulking agent in low-moisture or in oil phase compositions, and is especially useful in reduced-calorie foods.
Claims20
An additive, comprising:
- a cellulose composite having
- 50 to 99% particulate cellulose based on the total weight of the composite;
- and
- 1 to 50% surfactant coating, based on the total weight of the composite, fixed to the cellulosic surface of the particulate cellulose,
- wherein the surfactant in the coating has an HLB within the range of from 1 to 40,
- wherein the cellulose composite has a mean particle size within the range of from 1 to 505 microns and wherein no galactomannan is affixed to the surface of the cellulose.
A process for making a cellulose composite, comprising coprocessing together a particulate cellulose of particle size between 1 and 500 micrometers, with a surfactant having an HLB within the range of 1 to 40 wherein the weight ratio of cellulose to surfactant ranges from 99:1 to 50:50, and the coprocessing occurs under an high energy condition sufficient to permit the adsorption of the surfactant onto the surface of the particulate cellulose providing a surfactant coating thereon and to dry the composite, thereby forming a dry, free flowing cellulose composite powder, with a water content of less than 10% based on the total weight of the composite.
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