Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080220051 | Powdery Sterol Compositions Containing Colloid-Forming Agents - Compositions in powder form of sterols, stanols, and esters thereof, and natural macromolecular colloid formers are disclosed. A process of making the compositions is also disclosed. The suitability of incorporation of the compositions in powder form in food products, for example beverages and milk products, is also disclosed. | 09-11-2008 |
20080248187 | MIXTURE CONTAINING FATTY ACID GLYCERIDES - A mixture containing fatty acid glycerides which has a high percentage content of PUFA acyl groups and a low percentage content of saturated fatty acid acyl groups is described. A process which enables the PUFA acyl groups in a mixture containing fatty acid glycerides (for example a fish oil) to be enriched and, at the same time, the content of saturated fatty acid acyl groups to be maintained at a low content is described. The process is a hydrolytic process or an alcoholysis in which the fatty acid acyl groups to be enriched are hydrolytically or alcoholytically released from the fatty acid glycerides slowly, if at all, the process being carried out in the presence of a lipase. | 10-09-2008 |
20080254184 | POWDER CONTAINING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A powder containing particles, which particles include gum arabic and at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ester, where the ratio by weight of the quantity of gum arabic present in the particles to the quantity of the polyunsaturated fatty acid ester present in the particles is from about 1:1.4 to about 1:0.25, is provided. A process for the production of the particles is also provided. | 10-16-2008 |
20080317937 | Extruded Compositions Suitable for Use in Food Products and Processes of Making Thereof - A process for the extrusion of a composition from an extruder, which composition is suitable for use in a food product, is disclosed. The process provides a composition which is comprised of a hydrophilicized carrier and surface-active compound which is extruded. The process describes adding the surface-active compound after the carrier is hydrophilicized. | 12-25-2008 |
20090047392 | Methods for Producing Sterol-Containing Compositions - The invention relates to a method for producing coated sterol powder, wherein a) a carbohydrate and/or a protein and/or a protein-containing auxiliary agent is dissolved or dispersed in water or in an aqueous suspension medium, b) said sterol and/or stanol particles are added to the solution/dispersion, c) the thus obtained solution is homogenised in a homogeniser or a colloid mill in the circuit, d) one part of the homogenate is extracted in a continuous manner from the circuit and directly e) introduced into a dry-spraying system by pulverisation and spraying. The coated sterol-containing particles produced according to said method are incorporated into food based due to their good wettability and without using complex equipment, and display, in particular, good organoleptic and sensory properties in drinks. | 02-19-2009 |
20090099146 | Compositions Containing Sterol-derived Esters - The invention relates to sterol fatty acid esters of average chained fatty acids, having a chain length of 8 and 10 carbon atoms in a fatty acid distribution C | 04-16-2009 |
20090152502 | Lipophilic Antioxidant - The present invention relates to a composition containing a first component selected from the group consisting of at least one polyphenol, at least one phenolic diterpene and mixtures of both, at least one glyceride, at least one hydrophilic emulsifier and at least one hydrophobic emulsifier, and also to the use of this mixture as lipophilic antioxidant. | 06-18-2009 |
20100021525 | Method for Producing Sterol Formulations - The invention relates to a method for producing coated sterol powders. According to said method, a) micronized sterol and/or stanol particles are provided in a mixer, b) the micronized sterol and/or stanol particles are wetted with a proteinaceous aqueous solution/dispersion, c) the wetted particles are mixed well and then dried, and d) the dried mixture is optionally size-reduced in a mill. Owing to their good wettability, the sterol-containing formulations produced according to this method can be incorporated into food items without technical complications and have good organoleptic and sensory properties especially when used in drinks and dairy products. | 01-28-2010 |
20100055190 | Sterol-Containing Compositions - The invention relates to a powder formulation containing sterol in the form of a super-cooled melt from sterols and sterol esters, provided that the sterol ester content is at least 30 wt % in relation to the content of the powder. The introduced sterol ester is a fatty acid ester having a chain length of 2 to 24, preferably 8 to 12 carbon atoms. As the sterol preparations are wettable and melt easily without the use of complex equipment, they can easily be incorporated into food, and produce, in particular, good organoleptic and sensory properties, in particular, in drinks. | 03-04-2010 |
20100068367 | Method for producing sterol formulations - The invention relates to a wet grinding method for producing sterol formulations having good wettability. According to said method, a) an additive selected from the group constituted by proteins, proteinaceous adjuvants, carbohydrates, cellulose derivatives, sugar alcohols, fruit concentrates and vegetable concentrates is dissolved or dispersed in water or in an aqueous suspension medium, b) sterol and/or stanol particles having a medium particle size of at least 1 mm are added to this solution/dispersion, c) the dispersion thus obtained is homogenized and size-reduced in a mill that works according to the rotor/stator principle, and d) is then optionally dried, with the proviso that the sterol and/or stanol particles are present in the final formulation with a particle size distribution of D | 03-18-2010 |
20100119662 | Two Phase Beverage Comprising Encapsulated Fruit Pulp - The present invention relates to a two phase beverage comprising an aqueous phase and encapsulated fruit pulp. | 05-13-2010 |
20100260913 | Oxidative Stabilizing of Sterols and Sterol Esters - The invention relates to a method for the production of oxidation-stable sterol formulations, wherein catechins and/or the derivatives thereof are added to the sterols or sterol esters, and to the formulations produced according to said method. The catechins are preferably used in an amount of 20 to 1000 ppm, based on the sterol or on the sterol ester. Green tea extract may be incorporated as the catechin formulation. The formulations containing sterols produced according to said method have very high oxidative stability and have no displeasing aftertaste. | 10-14-2010 |
20110097474 | Water-dispersable Sterol Containing Dispersions - The invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing (a) 5 to 50% by weight of sterols and/or stanols; and (b) 0.5 to 20% by weight of citric acid esters of mono- and/or diglycerides, based on the total weight of the dispersion, wherein the citric acid esters of mono- and/or diglycerides are partially neutralised; and to a process for the production of an aqueous sterol/stanol-containing dispersion, which process comprises (a) dissolving citric acid esters of mono- and/or diglycerides that are partly neutralised, in water; (b) dispersing sterols and/or stanols in the emulsifier solution to form a pre-dispersion; and (c) grinding the pre-dispersion in a ball-mill until the dispersion has a particle mass diameter, d | 04-28-2011 |
20120308710 | Drink - The present invention relates to a drink which is an oil-in-water emulsion and which comprises hydrocolloids, where the hydrocolloids are a mixture of gellan and pectin, and where the oil phase or fat phase comprises sterols or stanols or fatty acid esters of sterols or fatty acid esters of stanols or a mixture of these substances. The hydrocolloids prevent or retard the settling of a precipitate of the oil phase or fat phase of the oil-in-water emulsion. | 12-06-2012 |
20120308711 | Drink - The present invention relates to a drink which is an oil-in-water emulsion and which comprises hydrocolloids, where the hydrocolloids are a mixture of gellan and pectin. The hydrocolloids prevent or retard the creaming of the oil phase or fat phase of the oil-in-water emulsion. | 12-06-2012 |
20130216678 | Method For Producing Sterol Formulations - The invention relates to a wet grinding method for producing sterol formulations having good wettability. According to said method, a) an additive selected from the group constituted by proteins, proteinaceous adjuvants, carbohydrates, cellulose derivatives, sugar alcohols, fruit concentrates and vegetable concentrates is dissolved or dispersed in water or in an aqueous suspension medium, b) sterol and/or stanol particles having a medium particle size of at least 1 mm are added to this solution/dispersion, c) the dispersion thus obtained is homogenized and size-reduced in a mill that works according to the rotor/stator principle, and d) is then optionally dried, with the proviso that the sterol and/or stanol particles are present in the final formulation with a particle size distribution of D | 08-22-2013 |
20130292242 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTILLING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for the distillation of substance mixtures which comprise temperature-sensitive substances, where the apparatus comprises a thin-film evaporator and a fractionating column, and where the fractionating column is attached to the distillate outlet of the thin-film evaporator, and where the fractionating column has at least 3 theoretical plates, and where the pressure drop of the fractionating column during operation at an F factor of 1 Pa | 11-07-2013 |
20130331588 | PROCESS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF FATTY ACID ESTERS - The present invention relates to a method for working up a mixture which contains esters of EPA and/or DHA with monohydric alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, esters of other fatty acids with monohydric alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and free cholesterol, wherein the method comprises adding a transesterification catalyst to the mixture, converting at least some of the free cholesterol into esterified cholesterol and thereafter distilling the mixture, wherein the distillation is carried out in such a manner that a product is obtained which contains EPA and/or DHA, both in the form of esters thereof with monohydric alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in a higher relative amount, based on all fatty acids in free or bound form present in the product, than said mixture. In addition, the present invention relates to a product which is obtainable by the method according to the invention, wherein the product contains 10 to 99.99% by weight of esters of EPA and/or of DHA with monohydric alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and 0.0001 to a maximum of 0.3% by weight of cholesterol in free or bound form. | 12-12-2013 |
20140377435 | Lipophilic Antioxidant - The present invention relates to a composition containing a first component selected from the group consisting of at least one polyphenol, at least one phenolic diterpene and mixtures of both, at least one glyceride, at least one hydrophilic emulsifier and at least one hydrophobic emulsifier, and also to the use of this mixture as lipophilic antioxidant. | 12-25-2014 |