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Process for producing a reduced fat spread

US4555411A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 1983
Grant dateNov 26, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S426/811
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is disclosed a process for producing a water-in-oil emulsion spread from a starting oil-in-water dairy cream which is substantially free from added emulsifiers. By shearing and cooling the dairy cream in the absence of a cream/air interface using an apparatus means internally coated with a hydrophobic material, an inversion occurs to produce the final water-in-oil emulsion spread.

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