Patent ID: 9591870
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A23L,C08B,C08L

Claim:
1. A food composition comprising a cellulose ether, wherein ether substituents in the cellulose ether are methyl groups and one kind of hydroxyalkyl groups, the cellulose ether has a DS(methyl) of from 1.65 to 2.20, an MS(hydroxyalkyl) of from 0.10 to 1.00, and hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that s23/s26−0.2*MS(hydroxyalkyl) is 0.30 or less, wherein s23 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 3-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and wherein s26 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 6-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and the amount of the cellulose ether is from 0.05 to 10 percent, based upon the total weight of the food composition.