Patent ID: 7468395

Claim:
A foamed composition obtained by foaming an oil-in-water type emulsion comprising the following (A), (B) and (C): (A) from 7 to 35% by weight of an oil phase consisting of fat or oil consisting of from 1 to 69.9% by weight of triglycerides, from 0.1 to 9% by weight of monoglycerides and from 30 to 90% by weight of diglycerides, and optionally a vegetable sterol and optionally an antioxidant wherein 80% by weight or more of the fatty acids in the diglycerides are unsaturated fatty acids, wherein 0 to 20% by weight of the fatty acids in the fat or oil are saturated fatty acids, and wherein less than 10% by weight of the fatty acids in the fat or oil are trans acids; (B) from 65 to 93% by weight of a water phase, wherein the water phase comprises from 15 to 60% by weight of sugars, sugar alcohols, and mixtures thereof; and (C) an emulsifier having an HLB of 8 or more wherein the volume-average particle diameter of said oil-in-water type emulsion is from 0.9 gm or less and wherein said composition has a specific gravity of from 0.1 to 0.9 g/cm 3 .