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Low calorie fat substitute

US5612080A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateMar 18, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S426/804
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There is disclosed a low calorie fat substitute comprising a sorbitol fatty acid ester with a degree of substitution of about four fatty acid groups. Foodstuffs containing the sorbitol tetraester are also disclosed.

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