Particulate creamer comprising fat and food compositions comprising said creamer
AssigneeUnilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsEckhard Flöter, Gabriel J. Lansbergen, Rainer Weisbecker
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Abstract
Particulate compositions comprising 10-90% wt of a matrix material and 10-90% wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, wherein of said triglycerides the amount of H3 (triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms) and H2U (triglyceride of 2 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms and 1 cis-unsaturated fatty acid) taken together is at least 55% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides, wherein the compositions are preferably low in triglycerides of transunsaturated fatty acids, for use as for example a creamer and/or whitener. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such particulates and food products containing such creamer.
Claims5
Creamer, whitener or non-dairy cream alternative comprising 10-100% by wt of particulates, said particulates comprising:
- about 20-85% by wt of a matrix material comprising a protein selected from the group consisting of a dairy protein, hydrolysed protein, gelatin, soy protein, and mixtures thereof;
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- about 15-80% by wt of triglycerides of fatty acids, wherein of said triglycerides the amount of triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms (H3) is at least 20% wt based on the total amount of triglycerides;
- wherein the amount of palmitic fatty acid (C16:0) based on the total amount of fatty acids is about 30 to about 70% by wt;
- wherein of said triglycerides the amount of triglyceride of 3 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms (H3) and triglyceride of 2 saturated fatty acids of 16 or more carbon atoms and 1 cis-unsaturated fatty acid (H2U) taken together is at least about 55% by wt based on the total amount of triglycerides;
- wherein at least 60% by weight of the particulates have a size of 10-600 μm;
- wherein said triglycerides of fatty acids are dispersed in said matrix material as discrete regions;
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- wherein said particulates are at least partly covered or encapsulated by about 20 % to about 80% by wt of an encapsulating or covering material.
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