LIQUID CREAMERS CONTAINING A COMBINATION OF NATURAL OIL SOLUBLE AND WATER DISPERSIBLE ANTIOXIDANTS
The present invention relates to a liquid creamer composition comprising unsaturated high oleic oils in an amount from 65 to 95% by weight of the total fat in the creamer composition, oil soluble antioxidants and water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract antioxidants. The invention also relates to a beverage composition comprising the liquid creamer composition, and a method of making it.
1 . A liquid creamer composition comprising:
unsaturated high oleic oils in an amount from 65 to 95% by weight of the total fat in the creamer composition;
oil soluble antioxidants; and
water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract antioxidants.
2 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the oil soluble antioxidant has tocopherols in a concentration of at least 100 ppm.
3 . A creamer composition according to claim 2 , wherein the oil soluble tocopherols are at a concentration between 100 ppm and 1000 ppm.
4 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the creamer composition comprises water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract at a concentration of at least 50 ppm.
5 . A creamer composition according to claim 4 , wherein the creamer composition comprises water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract at a concentration between 50 and 1000 ppm.
6 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the unsaturated oil is selected from the group consisting of high oleic canola, high oleic soybean oil, high oleic sunflower, high oleic safflower and combinations thereof.
7 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water soluble/dispersible natural plant extract comprises tea extracts containing polyphenols.
8 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the oil soluble antioxidant is selected from the group consisting of tocopherols extracted from soybean, sunflower oils and combinations thereof.
9 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of oil in the creamer composition is between 2 and 30% by weight of the creamer composition.
10 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , further comprising between 0.1% and 1.5% protein by weight of the creamer composition.
11 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , wherein the oil comprises less than 2% trans fatty acid by weight of the total fat in the creamer composition.
12 . A creamer composition according to claim 1 , comprising emulsifiers.
13 . A beverage composition comprising a creamer composition comprising: unsaturated high oleic oils in an amount from 65 to 95% by weight of the total fat in the creamer composition; oil soluble antioxidants; and water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract antioxidants.
14 . The beverage composition of claim 12 wherein the beverage is selected from the group consisting of a coffee, tea, malt, cereal, and cocoa beverage compositions.
15 . A method of producing a liquid creamer composition, the method comprising
mixing a high oleic oil, a protein, low molecular weight emulsifiers, buffering agent,
subjecting the mixture to UHT heat treatment and homogenizing and aseptically filling it into a package.
16 . A method of preparing a beverage composition, the method comprising:
a) providing a beverage composition base; and
b) adding a liquid creamer composition comprising: unsaturated high oleic oils in an amount from 65 to 95% by weight of the total fat in the creamer composition; oil soluble antioxidants; and water soluble or dispersible natural plant extract antioxidants to the beverage composition base.