Patent ID: 6376482
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A23D,A23G,A23L,A23P,A61K

Abstract:
A cholesterol-reducing-compound-containing mesophase-stabilized composition for use in low-fat, fat-free and triglyceride-free food products comprising about one to about fifty percent of a cholesterol-reducing-compound, an aqueous phase and about one to about fifteen percent of an emulsifier mixture comprising a combination of emulsifiers selected from the group consisting of (1) emulsifiers A, B, and C, (2) emulsifiers A and C, and (3) emulsifiers B and C; wherein emulsifier A has an HLB value of about 6 to about 9; emulsifier B has an HLB value of about 2 to about 6; and emulsifier C has an HLB value of about 9 to about 22.