Patent ID: 9144545
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A23L,A61K

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of a storage stable sterol ester and/or a stanol ester composition in powder form, said process comprising the steps of: (i) dispersing or dissolving about 12 to about 15% by weight of sodium and/or calcium caseinate (component (b)), and about 10 to about 20% by weight of glucose (component (c)), optionally together with an antioxidant, in water at room temperature to form a dispersion or a solution; (ii) heating said dispersion or solution to a temperature of about 50 to about 90° C.; (iii) adding about 62 to about 76% by weight of a fatty acid ester of a sterol and/or a fatty acid ester of a stanol (component (a)), also heated to a temperature of about 50 to about 90° C., to the heated dispersion; (iv) homogenizing the heated dispersion comprising components (a), (b), (c) and optional antioxidant, to form an emulsion; and (v) spray drying said emulsion to produce the sterol ester and/or stanol ester composition in powder form, with the proviso that no emulsifiers other than those of component (b) are present.