Patent ID: 6562394
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A23D

Abstract:
A process for making a flowable nondigestible oil composition comprising a liquid polyol fatty acid polyester having a complete melt point less than 37Â° C., and a solid polyol fatty acid polyester having a complete melt point of at least about 37Â° C., the process comprising the steps of:a) melting the nondigestible oil comprising the solid polyol fatty acid polyester and the liquid polyol fatty acid polyester, b) crystallizing at least a substantial portion of the solid polyol fatty acid polyester, wherein said crystallizing further comprises continued holding the crystallized composition at a crystallization temperature whereby the crystallization of the solid polyol fatty acid polyester is substantially complete, and further wherein the crystallization temperature is about 5Â° C. or more below the onset crystallization temperatures of the solid polyol fatty acid polyester, and c) shearing the nondigestible oil composition during the step of crystallizing, thereby forming the solid polyol fatty acid polyester into crystallized particles, wherein the flowable nondigestible oil has a Consistency in a temperature range of 20Â° to 40Â° C. of less than about 600 P.sec(nâˆ’1).