Patent · US Expired

Low calorie fat substitute

US5683738A · kind A · utility

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4References

60Claims

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Assignee

Cultor Corporation · FI

Inventors

Gordon D. Gruetzmacher · Gales Ferry, US
Jeffrey W. Raggon · Uncasville, US
Bishop Wlodecki · Preston, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 5, 1996
Grant date	Nov 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 5, 2016

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 five fatty acid groups. Foodstuffs containing the sorbitol ester are also disclosed. Processes for preparing the sorbitol fatty acid esters are also disclosed.

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