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Reduced fat spread and a process for the production thereof

US4540593A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1983
Grant dateSep 10, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23D7/015
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing a reduced fat spread, comprising churning an oil-in-water-cream in the absence of an air/water interface, to increase its viscosity up to a value close to or equal to the peak viscosity, achieve partial phase inversion and obtain a spread with substantially the same level of fat as the starting cream, said spread comprising a network of aggregated fat and both encapsulated and free aqueous phase.

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