US 7,592,015 B2
	Use of high oleic high stearic oils
Enrique Martinez-Force, Seville (Spain); Juan Munoz-Ruz, Cordoba (Spain); José Maria Fernandez-Martinez, Cordoba (Spain); and Rafael Garcés, Valencia de la Concepcion (Spain)
Assigned to Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Seville (Spain)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/60,126.
Application 11/060126 is a continuation of application No. 10/009067, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP00/05152, filed on Jun. 05, 2000.
Application 10/009067 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/326501, filed on Jun. 04, 1999, granted, now 6,388,113.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/180455, filed on Feb. 04, 2000.
Claims priority of application No. 99204384 (EP), filed on Dec. 17, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2005/0163735 A1, Jul. 28, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 6/00 (2006.01); A23D 7/00 (2006.01); A23K 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 37/00 (2006.01); C11B 1/00 (2006.01); C11B 5/00 (2006.01); A23D 9/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/02 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 424—401  [426/601; 426/607; 426/615; 514/557; 514/558; 554/7; 554/9; 554/224; 554/227; 800/264; 800/269]

18 Claims

1. A method for preparing a food product or a cosmetic product comprising an oil having a high stearic acid and a high oleic acid content, comprising incorporating into a food product or cosmetic product an oil having an oleic acid content of more than 40 wt % and a stearic acid content of more than 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content of said oil, and wherein a maximum of 10 wt % of the fatty acid groups in the stereospecifically numbered-2 position of the triacylglycerol molecules constituting the oil are saturated fatty acid groups, wherein the oil is extracted from sunflower seeds that are the progeny of a cross between a plant that produces seeds having a stearic acid content of at least 12 wt % based on the total fatty acid content, and a plant that produces seeds having an oleic acid content of at least 40 wt % and a stearoyl-ACP thioesterase activity that is at least 10% of the olcoyl-ACP thioesterase activity.