Patent ID: 11871762
Assignee: UPFIELD EUROPE B.V.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 15:
16. A process for the preparation of an edible fat-continuous spread comprising a water phase and at most 45 wt. % of fat using liquid oil and a fat powder comprising structuring fat, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a mixture comprising the water-phase and the fat powder, wherein the mixture is a water-continuous slurry formed by dispersing the fat powder in the water-continuous phase;
b) subjecting said mixture to at least a partial vacuum; and
c) mixing the mixture prepared at step ‘b’ to provide a fat-continuous spread;
wherein the liquid oil may be added to the mixture in whole at any of steps ‘b’, or ‘c’ or when added in parts in any combination at steps ‘b’ and ‘c’,
wherein the temperature of the mixture at least up to and during step ‘b’ is 8 to 11 degrees Celsius; and
wherein the fat powder comprises a structuring fat having a solid fat content N10 from 50 to 100, N20 from 26 to 95, and N35 from 5 to 60.