No and low fat salad dressing compositions
AssigneeHercules Incorporated
InventorHans C. Ambjerg Pedersen
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Abstract
A no and low fat salad dressing composition includes a continuous aqueous phase containing a semi-gelled pourable system comprising an amidated galacturonic acid methyl ester with a degree of esterification below 55% (LMA pectin) to replace part or all of the fat in order to make a salad dressing that has organoleptic characteristics that imitiate real salad dressing.
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A no and low fat salad dressing composition comprising a continuous aqueous phase containing a semi-gelled system comprising at least one pectin with a degree of esterification having an upper limit of 55% and a lower limit of 5% and degree of amidation having an upper limit of 50% and a lower limit of 0.05% crosslinked with a cation and a fat phase having a fat content with a lower limit of 0 and an upper limit of 35% by weight.
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