Patent ID: 8221818

Claim:
A lipid composition, comprising an interesterified structured lipid component and a phytosterol ester component: said structured lipid component is a reaction product of an interesterification reactant charge in the presence of an interesterification catalyst, said reactant charge having between about 15 and about 75 weight percent, based upon the total weight of the charge, of a medium chain triglyceride having one glycerol component with fatty acid moiety chains that are from C6 to C12 in length, reacted with between about 15 and about 85 weight percent, based upon the total weight of the charge, of a long chain domestic oil having another glycerol component with fatty acid moiety chains of at least C16 in length, said structured lipid component being an interesterified randomization product wherein fatty acid moiety chains from said one glycerol component are exchanged with fatty acid moiety chains from said other glycerol component, resulting in triglycerol structures which have interexchanged fatty acid moiety chains that vary randomly from glycerol structure to glycerol structure; and said interesterified structured lipid component comprises at least about 80 weight percent of the lipid composition, and said phytosterol ester component comprises between about 4 and about 20 weight percent of the lipid composition, both based on the total weight of the lipid composition.