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US 8,012,524 B2Granted
Mousse-type spread and mousse-type edible oil
AssigneeMeiji Dairies Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Komatsu, Shigeru Tamai
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Abstract
The present invention aims at providing novel spread and edible oil having excellent characteristics as a spread or an edible oil. An edible oil and a suitable emulsifier, in a water-in-oil type emulsion is filled with a suitable gas propellant into an aerosol container, and the emulsion is discharged as mousse form at the time of jetting.
Claims2
A foamable water-in-oil type emulsion in combination with an aerosol container, wherein the emulsion comprises an emulsifier in the amount of 0.5 to 6.0 wt% based on the emulsion;
- wherein the water-in-oil emulsion in the container prior to jetting is a liquid or gel;
- wherein the oil in the water-in-oil type emulsion is an edible oil which has a cloud point (ASTM) of about 4.4° C. (40° F.) or lower, the container comprises a gas propellant partially dissolved in said water-in-oil emulsion;
- the container has a discharging nozzle for discharging the emulsion with the gas propellant as a mousse form therefrom;
- the mousse is formed at the time of jetting;
- and wherein the emulsifier consists of at least one member selected from the group consisting of monoglycerin fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, and polysorbate, and wherein the monoglycerin fatty acid ester, if included, is in the range 2.5-3.0 parts by weight based on the emulsion.
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