IP Library Granted Patent US 12,133,539
Granted Patent B2
US 12,133,539 · App. 17/440,237 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Frozen confection

Inventors: Julian Francis Bent (Bedford, GB); William James Frith (Leighton Buzzard, GB)
Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
A23G9/327A23G9/34A23G9/38A23G2200/14
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Patent No.
US 12,133,539
App. No.
17/440,237
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a frozen confection product comprising oil bodies and from 2 to 35 wt % total fat; at most 15 wt % protein; and from 5 to 40 wt % sugars; wherein at least 25 wt % of the fat is present as oil bodies; and wherein the oil in the oil bodies has an iodine value of less than 100 and comprises at least 45% C18:1 fatty acids.

Claims (14)

1. A frozen confection product comprising oil bodies and

from 2 to 35 wt % total fat;

at most 15 wt % protein,

from 5 to 40 Wt % sugars;

wherein at least 25 wt % of the fat is present as oil bodies; and wherein the oil in the oil bodies has an iodine value of less than 100 and comprises at least 45 wt % C18:1 fatty acids, and wherein the oil bodies are derived from sunflower seeds.

2. The product according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection product is an ice cream.

3. The product according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection product comprises at least 1 wt % oil bodies.

4. The product according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection product comprises at most 35 wt % oil bodies.

5. The product according to claim 1 wherein at least 30 wt % of the fat is present as oil bodies.

6. The product according to claim 1 wherein the iodine value is less than 95.

7. The product according to claim 1 wherein the oil in the oil bodies comprises at least 50 wt % C18:1 fatty acids.

8. The product according to claim 1 wherein the oil in the oil bodies has a melting peak between −20° C. and +5° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry.

9. The product according to claim 1 wherein the sugars are mono-saccharides and disaccharides.

10. The product according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection product comprises 7.5 to 25 wt % total fat, 0.5 to 5 wt % protein and 15 to 30 wt % sugars.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CHANGE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73078 FRAME 700. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 26, 2026
From: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
To: MAGNUM ICC US, LCC
Reel/Frame 074510/0542 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2025
From: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
To: MAGNUM US ICC, LCC
Reel/Frame 073078/0700 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2021
From: BENT, JULIAN FRANCIS; FRITH, WILLIAM JAMES
To: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVER
Reel/Frame 057807/0758 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19163668 · Mar 19, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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