Patent ID: 11871761
Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A filling, coating or spread for use in food applications comprising a structured fat system, wherein the structured fat system comprises from 60 w/w % to 85 w/w % of a lipid and from 15 w/w % to 40 w/w % of an edible porous starch comprising a plurality of pores,
wherein:
the edible porous starch is a pregelatinized starch that has been modified or treated to increase pore volume and/or surface area and has an oil absorption capacity of from 5 to 50%;
the lipid is present as a continuous phase in said structured fat system;
the lipid is a mixture of oil and fat;
the edible porous starch is non-granular;
the edible porous starch has an average pore size of about 1 μm to about 20 μm; and
the structured fat system is present in the filling, coating, or spread in an amount from about 20 to about 50 w/w %.