US 7,597,923 B2 · Oil-in-water emulsified food product

Abstract

The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsified food product containing plant sterol, which has the effect of reducing the level of cholesterol in the blood, and having a smooth texture and excellent emulsification stability. An oil-in-water emulsified food product containing a complex of plant sterol with egg yolk lipoprotein is provided. This oil-in-water emulsified food product can be obtained by a production method having a step wherein a liquid dispersion of a complex is prepared by adding a water-based medium as needed to egg yolk lipoprotein and plant sterol followed by stirring and mixing; a step wherein water-phase ingredient(s) are added as needed, stirred and mixed; and a step wherein oil-phase ingredient(s) are added and an emulsification treatment is performed.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method for producing an oil-in-water emulsified food product containing a complex comprising plant sterol and egg yolk lipoprotein, the method comprising:

preparing a liquid dispersion of the complex by stirring and mixing at least egg yolk lipoprotein and plant sterol, wherein the composition ratio of plant sterol to egg yolk lipoprotein in the complex is 5 to 232 parts by mass of plant sterol per 1 part by mass of egg yolk lipoprotein;
adding oil-phase material to the liquid dispersion of the complex;
and
performing emulsification.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/559,629Filed 29 Oct 2004

Priority

JP 2003-40818231 Oct 2003

Published

US 2006/0222751 A15 Oct 2006

Granted

6 Oct 2009

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A23D 7/0053
Characterised by ingredients other than fatty acid triglycerides: compositions other than spreads
A23L 27/60
Spices; Flavouring agents or condiments; Artificial sweetening agents; Table salts; Dietetic salt substitutes; Preparation or treatment thereof:…
A23L 33/11
Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives: plant sterols or derivatives thereof, e.g. phytosterols
A23V 2002/00
Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs

Oil-in-water emulsified food product

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Oil-in-water emulsified food product

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Abstract

Claims17