Patent ID: 6569478
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A23C,A23F,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A food composition comprising:at least one food ingredient in an amount sufficient to impart flavor to the composition; a monoglyceride mixture in an amount sufficient to form a mesomorphic structure which substantially encapsulates the food ingredient; and water; wherein the monoglyceride mix is (a) a monoglycerol monoester comprising up to about 90% by weight of C18 monoolein with one unsaturation, and about 10 to 100% by weight of a C18 monolinolein with two unsaturations; (b) a monoglycerol monoester comprising up to about 90% by weight of C18 monolinolein with two unsaturations, and about 10 to 100% by weight of a C18 monoolein with one unsaturation; (c) a mixture of (a) or (b) with a saturated monoglycerol monoester provided that the saturated monoglycerol monoester is present in an amount of no more than 30% by weight; or (d) a mixture of a saturated or unsaturated di- or polyglycerol monoester and one of a di- or polyglycerol di- or polyester or another food emulsifier, and wherein the composition has a mesomorphic structure that is cubic or hexagonal in the aqueous phase.