Thickener for liquid component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11219224-B2
Application number	US-201716071734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Priority date	Jan 21, 2016
Publication date	Jan 11, 2022
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022

Abstract

Provided is means of thickening a liquid component, whereinthe thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, andwhen a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride,x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, andy, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x+12 and satisfies y≤22.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A thickener for a liquid component, wherein
the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, and
when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains
65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and
35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride,

x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and
y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x +12 and satisfies y≤22, and
the liquid component is a liquid at 20° C.

2. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the oil and/or fat composition is in a powder form.

3. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component has a viscosity of 1 to 300 mPa·s.

4. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component contains a hydrophobic substance.

5. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component is a solution of a hydrophobic substance or an emulsion of a hydrophobic substance.

6. The thickener according to claim 4 , wherein
the hydrophobic substance is selected from the group consisting of flavors, dyes, vitamins, lipids, and mixtures thereof.

7. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component contains a hydrophilic substance.

8. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component is a solution of a hydrophilic substance or an emulsion of a hydrophilic substance.

9. The thickener according to claim 7 , wherein
the hydrophilic substance is selected from the group consisting of flavors, dyes, vitamins, and mixtures thereof.

10. The thickener according to claim 1 , wherein
the liquid component is a liquid form food.

11. The thickener according to claim 10 , wherein
the liquid form food is selected from the group consisting of cow's milk, wines, fruit juices, stock, and yogurts.

12. A method of producing a thickened composition, comprising:
a mixing step of mixing a thickener and a liquid component,
wherein the thickener contains an oil and/or fat composition, and
when a total triglyceride content is set to 100% by mass, the oil and/or fat composition contains
65 to 99% by mass of one or more types of XXX-type triglycerides having fatty acid residues X, each with x carbon atoms, at positions 1 to 3 and
35 to 1% by mass of one or more types of X2Y-type triglycerides each having a fatty acid residue Y with y carbon atoms in place of one of the fatty acid residues X of the XXX-type triglyceride,

x, the number of carbon atoms, is an integer selected from 8 to 20, and
y, the number of carbon atoms, is each independently an integer selected from x+2 to x +12 and satisfies y≤22, and
wherein the liquid component is a liquid at 20° C.

13. The production method according to claim 12 , further comprising
a cooling step of cooling a mixture of the thickener and the liquid component.

14. The production method according to claim 13 , wherein
a seeding process, a tempering process, and/or a pre-cooling process are further performed between the mixing step and the cooling step.

15. The production method according to claim 12 , wherein
the liquid component contains a hydrophobic substance, and
an amount of the liquid component used is more than 30% by mass to 99% by mass relative to a total mass of the thickened composition.

16. The production method according to claim 12 , wherein the liquid component contains a hydrophilic substance and wherein the amount of the liquid component used is 300 to 30000% by mass relative to a total mass of the thickener in the mixing step.

17. A thickened composition comprising the thickener according to claim 1 and a liquid component, wherein the liquid component is a liquid at 20° C.

18. The thickened composition according to claim 17 , wherein a viscosity of the thickened composition is 1 to 30000 mPa·S.

19. A food and/or beverage comprising the thickened composition according to claim 17 .

Assignees

• Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A23L2/38 Primary

  Other non-alcoholic beverages (drinks from legumes A23L11/60) · CPC title

• A23L2/52

  Adding ingredients (adding preservatives A23B70/10) · CPC title

• C09K3/00

  Materials not provided for elsewhere · CPC title

• A23L2/02

  containing fruit or vegetable juices · CPC title

• A23C9/12

  Fermented milk preparations; Treatment using microorganisms or enzymes · CPC title