IP Library Granted Patent US 7,914,839
Granted Patent B2
US 7,914,839 · App. 10/582,600 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

Cooking fat product with improved spattering behaviour

Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,914,839
App. No.
10/582,600
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for improving the spattering behavior of a cooking fat product containing 0-5 wt. % of a dispersed aqueous phase comprising the steps a. selecting a cooking fat product containing 0-5 wt. % of a dispersed aqueous phase, b. selecting fat insoluble vegetable matter having a consistency which allows milling to a powder, c. milling the vegetable matter to a powder having a volume weighted mean particle diameter (d4,3) selected from the range 1-2000 & micro; m, admixing the resulting powder to the cooking fat product in an amount of 0.1-25 wt. % on product and getting it evenly dispersed throughout the product.

Claims (16)

1. Method for improving the spattering behaviour of a cooking fat product containing 0-5 wt. % of a dispersed aqueous phase comprising the steps

a) selecting a cooking fat product containing 0-5 wt. % of a dispersed aqueous phase,

b) selecting fat insoluble vegetable matter having a consistency which allows milling to a powder,

c) milling the vegetable matter to a powder having a volume weighted mean particle diameter (d 4,3 ) selected from the range 1-2000 μm,

d) admixing the resulting powder to the cooking fat product in an amount of 0.1-25 wt. % on product and getting it evenly dispersed throughout the product.

2. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the vegetable matter consists of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of fruits, nuts, seeds, beans, kernels, pits and cellulose.

3. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the volume weighted mean particle diameter (d 4,3 ) of the powder particles is selected from the range 1-700 μm.

4. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder is admixed to the cooking fat product in an amount which is selected from the range 0.1-25 wt. %.

5. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder to be admixed consists of milled kernels of olives.

6. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder to be admixed consists of milled sunflower seeds or milled linseeds or a mixture of these.

7. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder to be admixed consists of milled soybeans.

8. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder to be admixed consists of milled nuts selected from the group consisting of pine tree nuts, almonds, ground nuts, walnuts and cashew nuts or a mixture of these.

9. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder to be admixed consists of powdered cellulose, pectin and alginate or a mixture of these.

10. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the resulting cooking fat product shows a spattering behaviour characterized by a SVoil value being at least 4.

11. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the volume weighted mean particle diameter (d 4,3 ) of the powder particles is selected from the range 1-40 μm.

12. Method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the powder is admixed to the cooking fat product in an amount which is selected from the range 0.1-1 wt. %.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2020
From: UPFIELD US INC.
To: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
Reel/Frame 052938/0715 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 27, 2018
From: UNILEVER BCS US INC.
To: UPFIELD US INC.
Reel/Frame 047158/0449 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2017
From: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
To: UNILEVER BCS US, INC.
Reel/Frame 042166/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2008
From: BELTMAN, ROB; VAN DER BRUGGHEN, ROBERTUS; DOL, GEORG CHRISTIAN; FRITSCHE, SONJA
To: CONOPCO, INC. D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 021930/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 03079070 · Dec 9, 2003 · regional
Continuity (1)
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