Gel composition method of making and products containing same

US6149962A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Jimbay P. Loh · Libertyville, US
• Ramanathapur G. Krishnamurthy · Glenview, US
• Daniel G. Lis · Schaumburg, US
• Richard N. McArdle · Bradenton, US
• Zohar M. Merchant · Wilmette, US
• Lisa Anne Preston · Chicago, US
• Jerome F. Trumbetas · Tarrytown, US
• Susan M. Vidal · Patterson, US
• Vernon C. Witte · Naperville, US
• James J. Myrick · Glencoe, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 21, 2000
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

A gel composition of water, substantially linear polymeric monosaccharide and insoluble material exhibiting exceptional gel strength, thermal stability and organoleptic properties that may be utilized as a fat mimetic in food products. A preferred manufacturing method includes microparticulating the composition at elevated temperatures.