Extended polyvinyl alcohol esters as low calorie fat mimetics
US5240996A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L33/26
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Extended polyvinyl alcohol fatty acid esters comprise a new class of edible fat mimetic compounds. These esters, which are, structurally, polyvinyl alcohols having methylene groups between the carbon-carbon backbone and pendant hydroxyl groups that have been partially or fully acylated with fatty acids, are low molecular weight polymers having the following general formula ##STR1## where N=5 to 100, PA1 m=1 to 8, independently, PA1 and X is H or R(CO), R being an aliphatic group having 1 to 29 carbons. Methods of using the new fat mimetics and food compositions incorporating them are disclosed.
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