Hard butter composition containing triglycerides, and process for production thereof

• US 4,839,192 A
• Filed: 12/05/1986
• Issued: 06/13/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fuji Oil Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Fuji Oil Company Limited
• Inventors: Kida, Haruyasu, Maeda, Hirokazu, Sagi, Nobuo, Izumi, Tsugio
• Primary Examiner(s): Richman, Barry S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McMahon, Timothy M.
• Application Number:
  US06/939,709
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• Field of Search: 426/601, 426/607, 426/608, 435/134, 435/135
• US Class Current: 426/607
• CPC Class Codes: A23D 9/00 Other edible oils or fats, e.g. shortenings, cooking oils

Abstract

A hard butter composition suitable for a cocoa butter substitute which comprises as a main ingredient a triglyceride SUS, constituent saturated fatty acids of which contain at least 4% by weight of one or a plurality of fatty acids selected from the group consisting of behenic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid and arachidic acid, provided that the amount of arachidic acid is less than 4% by weight based on the total weight of the constituent saturated fatty acids.

Claims

1. A hard butter composition for a cocoa butter substitute which comprises at least 90% by weight of triglycerides based on the total weight of the composition, at least 50% by weight of said triglycerides, based on the total weight of said triglycerides, being a β

-unsaturated-α

,α

'"'"'-disaturated triglyceride constituent having a saturated fatty acid constituent of which 4 to 30% by weight, based on the weight of said saturated fatty acid constituent, is a fatty acid selected from the group consisting of behenic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid and mixtures thereof.

2. A hard butter composition according to claim 1, wherein the saturated fatty acid constituent further comprises, included within said 4 to 30%, less than 4% by weight of arachidic acid based on the total weight of the constituent saturated fatty acids.

3. A hard butter composition according to claim 1, wherein the constituent saturated fatty acids are selected from the group consisting of behenic acid and lignoceric acid.

4. A hard butter composition according to claim 1, which further comprises triglycerides other than said β

-saturated-α

-α

'"'"'-disaturated triglycerides, wherein said other triglycerides are substantially an α

or α

'"'"'-saturated, diunsaturated, triglyceride, alone or together with at least one member selected from the group consisting of a trisaturated triglyceride, an α

or α

'"'"'-unsaturated disaturated triglyceride, an α

,α

'"'"'-diunsaturated-β

-saturated triglyceride and a triunsaturated triglyceride each in an amount of not more than 6% by weight based on the total amount of triglycerides in the composition.

5. A hard butter composition according to claim 5, wherein the amount of each of said trisaturated triglyceride, α

or α

'"'"'-unsaturated disaturated triglyceride, α

α

'"'"'-diunsaturated-β

-saturated triglyceride and triunsaturated triglyceride is not more than 3% by weight based on the total amount of triglycerides in the composition.