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US 5,846,592 AGranted
Low fat spread
AssigneeVan den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsLeendert Alderliesten, Johannes Mateus Maria van Amelsvoort, Wilhelmus Adrianus M. Castenmiller, Nanneke Joke de Fouw, Ronald Albert Schotel, Jozephus Johannes Verschuren
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Abstract
A spread is disclosed to contain a fiber ingredient which is non-degradable by enzymes secreted by the human body. The fiber ingredient is a non-starch polysaccharide having an average molecular weight of more than 800 and at least 10 st %, based on the weight of the fibers of soluble fibers.
Claims5
A spread containing one or more fiber ingredients, wherein:
- (a) the total level of fiber ingredients is 18 wt % or more;
- (b) the fiber ingredient is a non-starch polysaccharide having an average molecular weight of more than 800;
- (c) the fiber ingredient is a non-starch polysaccharide wherein the sugar units are predominantly connected via links which are non-degradable by the enzymes secreted by the human body;
- (d) the spread has a stress strain relation with a maximum stress occurring at a strain .epsilon..sub.max of 0.001 to 0.3, and a stress .delta..sub.max at a strain .epsilon..sub.max of 0.01 to 100 kPa and a ratio of the plastic stress .delta..sub.p to .delta..sub.max (.delta..sub.p /.delta..sub.max of 0.1 to 0.95 and
- (e) the fiber ingredients comprise at least 10 wt % based on the weight of the fibers of soluble fibers.
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