Oil or fat composition containing phytosterol
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsNaohiro Goto, Tsutomu Nishide, Yukitaka Tanaka, Takuji Yasukawa, Kenji Masui
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Abstract
An oil or fat composition comprising an oil or fat comprising 15 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol and 1.2 to 20 wt. % of phytosterol, dissolved or dispersed in the fat and oil is provided here, which can be used in the same way as usual oil and fat in daily life to reduce a hemal cholesterol value of a person having a high value of cholesterol and to raise no problem in appearance, taste, heating cooking and the like in comparison with usual edible oil and fat.
Claims13
An oil or fat composition comprising 80 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol and 1.2 to 20 wt. % of phytosterol, dissolved or dispersed in the fat or oil.
An oil or fat-processed food product comprising 3 to 95 wt. % of oil or fat comprising 80 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol and 1 to 20 wt. % of phytosterol.
A beverage product comprising 0.2 to 10 wt. % of oil or fat comprising 80 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol and 0.2 to 1 wt. % of phytosterol.
A method of preparing an oil or fat composition containing 80 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol, comprising:
- hydrolyzing an oil or a fat;
- distilling the hydrolysis product to produce fatty acids and glycerine;
- esterifying the fatty acids and glycerine with an enzyme, to produce an oil or fat composition containing 80 wt. % or more of a diacylglycerol;
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- combining the oil or fat composition with a phytosterol, wherein the final concentration of the phytosterol in the oil or fat composition is 0.05 to 20 wt. %.
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