IP Library Granted Patent US 12,448,586
Granted Patent B2
US 12,448,586 · App. 18/009,055 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Unsaturated fatty acid-containing water-in-oil type composition and method for producing same

Inventors: Arata Hashimoto (Izumisano, JP); Masaharu Kato (Izumisano, JP)
Assignee: FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
C11B5/0035C11B5/0028C11B5/0092
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Patent No.
US 12,448,586
App. No.
18/009,055
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for more strongly preventing oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids using a simple method. In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing both an unpleasant odor that appears in an initial stage of storage and an unpleasant odor that appears subsequently. The present invention has been accomplished by finding that an unpleasant odor that appears in an initial stage of storage, as well as an unpleasant odor that appears subsequently, can both be suppressed in an unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition comprising an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved, an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved, and an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid, the aqueous phase A and the aqueous phase B, each having a particle size of 500 nm or less, being finely dispersed individually in the oil phase.

Claims (30)

1. An unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition comprising:

an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one water-soluble antioxidant selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one water-soluble antioxidant selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved, and

an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid,

the aqueous phase A and the aqueous phase B, each having a particle size of 500 nm or less, being finely dispersed individually in the oil phase.

2. The unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble antioxidant dissolved in the aqueous phase A is at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and tea catechin.

3. The unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble antioxidant dissolved in the aqueous phase B is at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and tea catechin.

4. The unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition according to claim 1 , wherein the unsaturated fatty acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid.

5. A method for producing an unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition, comprising

1) Preparing an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

2) Preparing an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

3) Preparing an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid, and

4) Dispersing the aqueous phases A and B individually in the oil phase.

6. A method for producing an unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition, comprising

1) Preparing an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

2) Preparing an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

3) Preparing an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid,

4) Dividing the oil phase of 3) into oil phases to disperse the aqueous phase A and the aqueous phase B in the oil phases respectively to form water-in-oil emulsions, and

5) Mixing the water-in-oil emulsions obtained in 4).

7. A method for suppressing both an unpleasant odor that appears in an initial stage of storage and an unpleasant odor that appears subsequently in an unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition, comprising

1) Preparing an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

2) Preparing an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

3) Preparing an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid, and

4) Dispersing the aqueous phases A and B individually in the oil phase.

8. A method for suppressing both an unpleasant odor that appears in an initial stage of storage and an unpleasant odor that appears subsequently in an unsaturated-fatty-acid-containing water-in-oil composition, comprising

1) Preparing an aqueous phase A having a pH adjusted to 3.1 to 8 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

2) Preparing an aqueous phase B having a pH adjusted to 0.5 to 3 in which at least one member selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and polyphenols is dissolved,

3) Preparing an oil phase containing an unsaturated fatty acid,

4) Dividing the oil phase of 3) into oil phases to disperse the aqueous phase A and the aqueous phase B in the oil phases respectively to form water-in-oil emulsions, and

5) mixing the water-in-oil emulsions obtained in 4).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2025
From: FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
To: FUJI OIL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072502/0243 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: HASHIMOTO, ARATA; KATO, MASAHARU
To: FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 062023/0556 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-102311 · Jun 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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