Rice bran oil antioxidant

US5552167A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nabisco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James B. Taylor · Woodinville, US
• Thomas M. Richar · Long Valley, US
• Carolyn Louise Wilhelm · Hackettstown, US
• Michael M. Chrysam · Blairstown, US
• Michael S. Otterburn · Dover, US
• Gilbert A. Leveille · Denville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1996
• Expiry date: May 5, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23D9/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

High linolenic edible oils such as soybean oil and canola are stabilized by blending the oils with rice bran oil in amounts effective to render the oils stable to oxidation. Preferred embodiments employ from about 0.5% to about 10%, more narrowly from about 2% to about 5%, by weight rice bran oil specially processed to retain unsaponifiable matter. In one embodiment, physically refined rice bran oil is used. The natural stabilized oil is especially useful as a spray oil for crackers, nuts, chips, and other snack products.