| US 7,547,458 B2 | ||
| Particulate creamer comprising fat and food compositions comprising said creamer | ||
| Eckhard Flöter, Vlaardingen (Netherlands); Gabriel J. Lansbergen, Vlaardingen (Netherlands); and Rainer Weisbecker, Bad Orb (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/535,488 PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2003, PCT No. PCT/EP03/12033 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 17, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/045298, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 03, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02079833 (EP), filed on Nov. 18, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0281935 A1, Dec. 22, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A23D 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 426—99 [426/96; 426/601; 426/607] | 5 Claims |
| 1. 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; and
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; and
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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