Use of polyglycerol for processing foodstuff

US5904944A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Solvay Alkali GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Winfried Battermann · Langenhagen, DE
• Wolfgang Dilla · Rheinberg, DE
• Helmut Dillenburg · Rheinberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 1996
• Grant date: May 18, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of polyglycerols in the manufacture of foods, in particular for influencing texture formation, water absorption capacity, freshness, inhibition of crystallization, protein denaturation and the improvement of the freeze and thaw stability and for fat replacement.