Patent ID: 6821545
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A23D,A23L,A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A low calorie fat composition comprising an edible, wholly or partially nondigestible low calorie fat material selected from the group consisting of sucrose fatty acid polyesters with an octaesters content of at least about 60%, xylose fatty acid polyesters, arabinose fatty acid polyesters, ribose fatty acid polyesters, glucose fatty acid polyesters, mannose fatty acid polyesters, galactose fatty acid polyesters, fructose fatty acid polyesters, sorbose fatty acid polyesters, maltose fatty acid polyesters, lactose fatty acid polyesters, sugar alcohol fatty acid polyesters, and mixtures thereof, wherein the sugar alcohols contain from 4 to 8 hydroxyl groups, wherein the fatty acid polyesters have at least 4 fatty acid ester groups, wherein the fatty acids are mixtures of fatty acids selected from the group of fatty acids containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, and wherein the fat material has:(i) at 100Â° F. (37.8Â° C.), a viscosity of at least about 2.5 poise at a shear rate of 800 seconds âˆ’1, a viscosity of at least about 4.0 poise at a shear rate of 100 secondsâˆ’1, and a viscosity of at least about 15.0 poise at a shear rate of 10 secondsâˆ’1; (ii) at 100Â° F. (37.8Â° C.), a liquid/solid stability of at least about 50%; and (iii) at 92Â° F. (33.3Â° C.), a solid fat content of not more than about 21%.