Solid, nondigestible, fat-like compounds and food compositions containing same

US5306514A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• James C. Letton · Forest Park, US
• Deborah Jean Back · Cleves, US
• John R. Baginski · Cincinnati, US
• Joseph James Elsen · Cincinnati, US
• Timothy B. Guffey · Sharonville, US
• Jeffrey John Kester · Sharonville, US
• David J. Weisgerber · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 1993
• Grant date: Apr 26, 1994
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/804
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Fatty acid esters of polyols having at least 4 hydroxyl groups wherein the fatty acid groups consist essentially of: (1) long chain unsaturated fatty acid radicals containing at least 12 carbon atoms or mixtures of said unsaturated radicals with saturated fatty acid radicals containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and (2) long chain saturated fatty acid radicals containing at least 20 carbon atoms, wherein the molar ratio of (1):(2) is from 1:15 to 2:1 and wherein at least 4 of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol are esterified. The compounds are useful as nondigestible substitutes for solid fats in foods.