IP Library Granted Patent US 8,993,035
Granted Patent B2
US 8,993,035 · App. 13/993,102 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Edible water in oil emulsion

Inventor: Teunis de Man (Vlaardingen, NL)
Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
A23D7/001
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Patent No.
US 8,993,035
App. No.
13/993,102
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an edible water in oil emulsion wrapper product wherein the amount of oil exudation is less than 1% at the temperature at which the amount of solid fat content on total product is 3%, wherein the fat is essentially free of hydrogenated fat and wherein said fat comprises less than 35 wt % saturated fatty acid (calculated on total fat) and less than 1 wt % trans unsaturated fatty acid (calculated on total product). The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of an edible water in oil emulsion wrapper product according to the invention.

Claims (15)

1. Edible water in oil emulsion wrapper product comprising water and at least 50 wt % fat wherein the fat is essentially free of hydrogenated fat and wherein said fat comprises less than 35 wt % saturated fatty acid, calculated on total fat, and less than 1 wt % trans unsaturated fatty acid, calculated on total product, wherein the emulsion is prepared using edible fat powder comprising structuring fat wherein the amount of oil exudation is less than 1% at the temperature at which the amount of solid fat content on total product is 3%, said wrapper product having a Stevens hardness value of more than 140 gram at 5 degrees Celsius and more than 50 gram at 20 degrees Celsius.

2. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the amount of saturated fatty acid is less than 30 wt.

3. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the amount of fat is from 50 to 95 wt %.

4. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the amount of trans unsaturated fatty acid is less than 1 wt % calculated on total fat.

5. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein less than 50 wt % of the fat is interesterified.

6. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the amount of oil exudation is less than 1% at the temperature at which the amount of solid fat content on total product is 2.5%.

7. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the emulsion is prepared using edible fat powder comprising structuring fat obtainable by supercritical melt micronisation.

8. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the Stevens hardness value at 5 degrees Celsius is from 150 to 2000 gram.

9. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the Stevens hardness value at 20 degrees Celsius is from 50 to 500 gram.

10. Wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the solid fat content measured on fat is 17 to 50 for N10, 11 to 35 for N20, 3 to 18 for N30, 0 to 10 for N35 and 0 to 5 for N40.

11. Wrapper product according to claim 1 having a water droplet size of less than 15 micrometer.

12. Process for the preparation of an edible water in oil emulsion wrapper product according to claim 1 comprising the step of mixing liquid oil with edible fat powder comprising structuring fat.

13. Process according to claim 12 comprising the step of mixing the fat powder with liquid oil and water.

14. Process according to claim 12 wherein the fat powder is prepared by supercritical melt micronisation.

15. The wrapper product according to claim 1 wherein the water is present in an aqueous phase, and the aqueous phase comprising from 20% to 39% of the wrapper product.

Assignments (5)
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 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. SHOULD READ F8102USW, REPLACING F8192USW PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030847 FRAME 0892. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CONFIRMATION RECEIPT AND ASSIGNMENT ARE ATTACHED.. Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: DE MAN, TEUNIS
To: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 030888/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2013
From: DE MAN, TEUNIS
To: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 030847/0892 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10195564 · Dec 17, 2010 · regional
Continuity (1)
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