OIL BLENDS AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION

• US 20190327997A1
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Enzymotec Limited (International Flavors & Fragrances Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Enzymotec Limited (International Flavors & Fragrances Incorporated)
• Inventors: WIDBERG, Asher, BEN-DROR, Gai, ILITZKY GUR, Maria, HERZOG, Yael
• Application Number:
  US16/310,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20190327997A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A23D 9/007 characterised by ingredients other than fatty acid triglycerides
• CPC Class Codes: A23D 9/04 Working-up
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/115 Fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 33/40 Complete food formulations for specific consumer groups or specific purposes, e.g. infant formula
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/20 Ingredients acting on or related to the structure
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2250/194 Triglycerides
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2300/18 Fractionation
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/10 General cosmetic use
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/5922 At least two compounds being classified in the same subclass of A61K8/18
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/25 with polyoxyalkylated alcohols, e.g. esters of polyethylene glycol
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/355 Tocopherols, e.g. vitamin E
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/20 Milk; Whey; Colostrum
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/31 Brassicaceae or Cruciferae (Mustard family), e.g. broccoli, cabbage or kohlrabi
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/888 Araceae (Arum family), e.g. caladium, calla lily or skunk cabbage
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/375 the alcohol moiety containing more than one hydroxy group
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/678 Tocopherol, i.e. vitamin E
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/922 of vegetable origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/925 of animal origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/00 Drugs for disorders of the metabolism of the blood or the extracellular fluid A61P7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/02 : Nutrients, e.g. vitamins, minerals
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/00 : Preparations for care of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/10 : Vacuum distillation B01D3/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 3/12 : Molecular distillation
• CPC Class Codes: C11B 3/12 : by distillation

Abstract

Disclosed are blends of oils and fats, processes for the preparation thereof and their use as ingredients of various infant formulas and other articles manufacture.

Claims

1. A blend comprising at least one oil having a melting point below 15°

C. and at least one fat having a melting point at or above 15°

C., wherein at least one said oil and at least one said fat underwent molecular distillation, and wherein each said at least one oil is a natural oil or processed oil and each said at least one fat is a natural fat or processed fat.

2. A blend according to claim 1, wherein each said at least one oil and each said at least one fat underwent molecular distillation separately.

3. A blend according to claim 1, wherein said at least one oil and said at least one fat were mixed and the resulting mixture underwent molecular distillation.

4. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said natural oil is a vegetable oil.

5. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said processed oil is vegetable-derived.

6. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said natural fat is vegetable fat.

7. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein said processed fat is vegetable-derived.

8. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said fat is milk fat.

9. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said at least one oil which underwent molecular distillation is any one of soybean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, high oleic sunflower oil, corn oil, safflower oil, MCT or high oleic safflower oil.

10. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said at least one fat which underwent molecular distillation is any one of palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm stearin, palm olein, coconut oil, sn-2 palmitate or milk fat.

11. A blend according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein molecular distillation of said at least one oil and of said at least one fat is performed in a distillation system under specific temperature and vacuum conditions, and wherein the weight percentage of said at least one oil distillate resulting from molecular distillation thereof and said at least one fat distillate resulting from molecular distillation thereof is between about 2% to about 60% out of the total weight of said at least one oil and said at least one fat prior to said molecular distillation.

12. A blend according to claim 11, wherein the temperature of the at least one said oil and/or the at least one said fat under distillation is between about 50°

C. to about 400°

C. and wherein the vacuum is between about 0.0001 mbar to about 3 mbar, said vacuum being measured at a location in said system between vacuum producing means and an external condenser.

13. A blend according to claim 11 or claim 12, wherein the vacuum is between about 0.001 mbar to about 0.04 mbar, and wherein the weight percentage of said at least one oil distillate and said at least one fat distillate resulting from said molecular distillation thereof is between about 5% to about 45% out of the total weight of said at least one oil and at least one fat prior to said molecular distillation.

14. A blend according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein said distillation system comprises an evaporator with heating media, said evaporator having an inlet position of the heating media and an outlet position of the heating media, the heating media at the inlet position being at a temperature of between about 100°

C. to about 400°

C.

15. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising at least one of protein, carbohydrate, mineral and vitamin.

16. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the peroxide value elevation within 3 months storage at room temperature is below 20%.

17. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the total amount of phytosterols is less than about 4000 ppm.

18. The blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fatty acid composition in said blend is the following:

0-10% C8;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

0-10% C10;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

0-22% C12;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

0-15% C14;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

5-55% C16;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

1-7% C18;

0 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

20-75% C18;

1 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

2-40% C18;

2 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids;

0-8% C18;

3 fatty acids out of the total fatty acids; and

other fatty acids at levels of less than 8% of the total fatty acids.

19. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein endogenic tocopherol concentration is at most 800 ppm.

20. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the weight ratio between alpha tocopherols levels to non-alpha tocopherols levels is at least about 5.

21. A blend according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the weight percentage of diglycerides out of the blend is at most about 2%.

22. An article of manufacture comprising at least one blend as defined in any one of claims 1 to 21, wherein said article of manufacture is any one of a food article, a pharmaceutical preparation, a nutraceutical preparation or a cosmetic product.

23. An article of manufacture according to claim 22, being any one of infant formula, parenteral formula, baby food, toddler formula, child formula or adult formula.

24. An infant formula comprising the blend according to any one of claims 1 to 21.

35. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 34, for use in the preparation of any one of the oil blends as defined in any one of claims 1 to 21.

25. A process for the preparation of a blend comprising at least one oil having a melting point below 15°

C. and at least one fat having a melting point at or above 15°

C. wherein at least one said oil and at least one said fat undergo molecular distillation and wherein each said at least one oil is a natural oil or processed oil and each said at least one fat is a natural fat or processed fat, said process comprising the following steps;

(i) providing at least one oil which is a natural oil or a processed oil;

(ii) providing at least one fat which is a natural fat or a processed fat;

(iii) (1) subjecting said at least one oil to molecular distillation in a distillation system; and

(2) subjecting said at least one fat to molecular distillation in a distillation system, and

(3) blending the residue of the at least one molecularly distilled oil obtained in step (iii)(1) with the residue of the at least one molecularly distilled fat obtained in step (iii)(2) to give a blend comprising at least one molecularly distilled oil and at least one molecularly distilled fat;

wherein the molecular distillation is performed under specific temperature and vacuum conditions, and wherein the weight percentages of the at least one oil distillate, respectively fat distillate, resulting from said molecular distillation of said at least one oil, respectively at least one fat, is between about 2% to about 60% out of the total weight of the oil, respectively fat, subjected to said molecular distillation;

(iv) optionally further blending into said blend obtained in step (iii)(3) at least one additional oil which is a natural oil or a processed oil and/or at least one additional fat which is a natural fat or a processed fat, wherein said at least one additional oil and/or at least one additional fat is optionally also subjected to molecular distillation under the conditions defined above prior to being blended into said blend; and

(v) optionally blending the at least one molecularly distilled oil and at least one molecularly distilled fat obtained in step (iii)(3) or further blending the product obtained in step (iv) with any one of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.

26. A process according to claim 25 wherein the weight percentage of the oil distillate resulting from said molecular distillation of said at least one oil is at least about 15% out of the total weight of said oil and the fat distillate resulting from said molecular distillation of said at least one fat is between about 3% to about 40% out of the total weight of said fat subjected to said molecular distillation.

28. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 27, wherein:

said distillation system comprises vacuum generating means and at least one internal condenser;

the temperature of the oil(s) or fat(s) or mixture of oil(s) and fat(s) under distillation is between about 50°

C. to about 400°

C.; and

wherein the vacuum is between about 0.0001 mbar to about 3 mbar, said vacuum being measured at a location in said system between vacuum producing means and an external condenser.

29. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 28, wherein said distillation system comprises an evaporator with heating medium, said evaporator having an inlet position and an outlet position, the heating medium at the inlet position being at a temperature of between about 100°

C. to about 400°

C.

30. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 29, wherein the temperature of the internal condenser is at most about 90°

C.

31. The process according to any one of claims 25 to 30, wherein the vacuum is at most of about 2 mbar.

32. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 31, wherein said oil is any one of soybean oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, high oleic sunflower oil, corn oil, safflower oil, MCT or high oleic safflower oil.

33. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 32, wherein said fat is any one of palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm stearin, palm olein, coconut oil, sn2-palmitate or milk fat.

34. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 33, wherein said at least one oil is any one of rapeseed oil, soybean oil or sunflower oil and wherein the weight percentage of the oil or oils distillate resulting from molecular distillation thereof is at least about 15% out of the total weight of the oil or oils subjected to said molecular distillation and wherein said at least one fat is any one of palm kernel oil or coconut oil and wherein the weight percentage of the fat or fats distillate resulting from molecular distillation thereof is between about 3% to about 40% out of the total weight of the fat or fats subjected to said molecular distillation.

36. A process according to any one of claims 25 to 34, for use in the preparation of a lipid component of an infant formula or in the preparation of mixtures of lipid components of an infant formula.

27. A process for the preparation of a blend comprising at least one oil having a melting point below 15°

C. and at least one fat having a melting point at or above 15°

C., wherein at least one said oil and at least one said fat undergo molecular distillation and wherein each said at least one oil is a natural oil or processed oil and each said at least one fat is a natural fat or processed fat, said process comprising the following steps;

(i) providing at least one oil which is a natural oil or a processed oil;

(ii) providing at least one fat which is a natural fat or a processed fat;

(iii) (1) mixing said at least one oil with said at least one fat to give an oil and fat mixture; and

(2) subjecting the resulting oil and fat mixture to molecular distillation in a distillation system to give a blend comprising molecularly distilled mixture of said at least one oil and said at least one fat,

wherein the molecular distillation is performed under specific temperature and vacuum conditions, and wherein the weight percentage of the oil and fat mixture distillate resulting from said molecular distillation in step (iii)(2) is between about 2% to about 60% out of the total weight of the oil and fat mixture subjected to said molecular distillation;

(iv) optionally further blending into said blend at least one additional oil which is a natural oil or a processed oil and/or at least one additional fat which is a natural fat or a processed fat, wherein said at least one additional oil and/or at least one additional fat is optionally also subjected to molecular distillation under the conditions defined above prior to being blended into said blend; and

(v) optionally blending the at least one molecularly distilled oil and at least one molecularly distilled fat obtained in step (iii)(2) or further blending the product obtained in step (iv) with any one of proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.

37. A method of increasing storage stability of a composition of matter that comprises at least one oil having a melting point below 15°

C. or an article of manufacture comprising said composition of matter, wherein said at least one oil underwent molecular distillation before incorporation into said composition of matter, said method comprising incorporating into said composition at least one molecularly distilled fat having a melting point at or above 15°

C.

39. A method according to any one of claims 37 and 38, wherein said article of manufacture is any one of a food article, a pharmaceutical preparation, a nutraceutical preparation or a cosmetic product.

40. An article of manufacture according to claim 39, being any one of infant formula, parenteral formula, baby food, toddler formula, child formula or adult formula.

38. A method of increasing storage stability of a composition of matter that comprises at least one fat having a melting point at or above 15°

C. or an article of manufacture comprising said composition of matter, wherein said at least one fat underwent molecular distillation before incorporation into said composition of matter, said method comprising incorporating into said composition at least one molecularly distilled oil having a melting point below 15°

C.