Powdery fat or oil composition and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11147285-B2
Application number	US-201615762971-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

Provided are a powdered fat and/or oil composition, a fat and/or oil composition for producing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing these; a food containing the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and a method for producing the food; an adhesive and a coating which contain the powdered fat and/or oil composition, and methods for producing the adhesive and the coating. The powdered fat and/or oil composition contains a fat and/or oil ingredient containing a XXX triglyceride. At least a portion of the fat and/or oil ingredient is a β-form fat and/or oil, particles of the powdered fat and/or oil composition have a plate-like shape, and the powdered fat and/or oil composition has a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm 3 . The method produces a composition containing a β-form fat and/or oil whose particles have a plate-like shape.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A powdered fat and/or oil composition comprising a fat and/or oil ingredient comprising at least one type of a XXX triglyceride having saturated fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, wherein
x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 10 to 22,
the fat and/or oil ingredient comprises a β-form fat and/or oil,
particles of the powdered fat and/or oil composition have a plate-like shape, and
the powdered fat and/or oil composition has a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm 3 .

2. The powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 , wherein the fat and/or oil ingredient is the β-form fat and/or oil.

3. The powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 , comprising 50% by mass or more of the XXX triglyceride in the fat and/or oil ingredient, given that a total mass of the fat and/or oil ingredient is 100% by mass.

4. The powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 , wherein the x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 16 to 18.

5. A food comprising the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 .

6. A method for producing a food, comprising blending the powdered fat/and or oil composition according to claim 1 with a target food.

7. A food quality improver comprising the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 as an active ingredient.

8. An adhesive comprising the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 .

9. A method for producing an adhesive, comprising blending the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 with an adhesive composition.

10. A coating comprising the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 .

11. A method for producing a coating on an article, comprising coating a surface of an article with the powdered fat and/or oil composition according to claim 1 .

12. A method for producing a powdered fat and/or oil composition comprising a fat and/or oil ingredient comprising at least one type of a XXX triglyceride having saturated fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 of glycerin, wherein
x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 10 to 22,
at least a portion of the fat and/or oil ingredient is a β-form fat and/or oil,
particles of the powdered fat and/or oil composition have a plate-like shape,
the powdered fat and/or oil composition has a loose bulk density of 0.05 to 0.6 g/cm 3 , and
the method comprises the following steps of:
(a) preparing a fat and/or oil composition raw material containing a XXX triglyceride; and
(d) cooling and solidifying the fat and/or oil composition raw material to obtain a powdered fat and/or oil composition comprising a β-form fat and/or oil whose particles have a plate-like shape.

13. The method according to claim 12 , comprising, as step (b), a step of heating the fat and/or oil composition raw material obtained in step (a) to melt the triglyceride incorporated in the fat and/or oil composition raw material, thereby obtaining the fat and/or oil composition raw material in a molten state.

14. The method according to claim 12 , comprising a seeding step (c1), a tempering step (c2), and/or a pre-cooling step (c3), before step (d), wherein
the seeding step (c1) includes adding 0.1 to 1 part by mass of the β-form fat and/or oil to 100 parts by mass of the fat and/or oil composition raw material during the cooling in step (d),
the tempering step (c2) includes, before the cooling in step (d), a step of maintaining a temperature at a temperature lower than a cooling temperature in step (d), and
the pre-cooling step (c3) includes a step of pre-cooling the fat and/or oil composition in the molten state used in step (d) at a temperature higher than the cooling temperature in step (d).

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the powdered fat and/or oil composition obtained in step (d) is obtained by a step of (e) pulverizing a solid resulting after the cooling in step (d) to obtain a powdered fat and/or oil composition.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the XXX triglyceride is incorporated in an amount of 50% by mass or more, given that a total mass of the fat and/or oil ingredient is 100% by mass.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein x number of carbon atoms is an integer selected from 16 to 18.

18. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the cooling in step (d) is performed at a temperature not lower than a melting point of an α-form crystal corresponding to the β-form fat and/or oil.

Assignees

• Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd

Inventors

• Kataoka Yutaro
• TAKEGUCHI Seiya
• Iwasawa Tetsuro
• Arimoto Shin
• Uehara Hidetaka
• AIBARA Tomohiro

Classifications

• A23G1/0096

  Removing chocolate from a mould (discharging baked goods from tins A21B3/18) · CPC title

• A23G1/0086

  Moulding in plastic or elastomeric material, or plastic or elastomer coated material · CPC title

• A23G1/36

  characterised by the fats used (containing dairy products A23G1/46) · CPC title

• A23D9/05 Primary

  Forming free-flowing pieces · CPC title

• A23D7/02

  characterised by the production or working-up {(kneading, forming A01J21/00)} · CPC title