Title: Process for preparing beads of fat

Abstract: A process for preparing beads of fat comprising:

(a) melting a fat at a temperature below about 175° F.;

(b) cooling the melted fat to a temperature about 3°-8° F. below the clear point of the fat;

(c) allowing the formation of an amount of solids sufficient to permit the fat to hold its shape when formed into drops at the temperature described in step (b);

(d) forming the melted fat containing the solids into drops; and

(e) cooling and collecting the drops.

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Inventors: Mcnaught, John P. (Saddle River, NJ)

Application Number: 06/232499
Filing Date: 1981-02-09
Publication_date: 1982-08-10
Assignee: LEVER BROTHERS LTD

Primary Class(es): 426/601 426/607, 426/609, 426/512, 426/516, 426/98
Other Classes: A21D2/16; A21D10/00; A23D7/02; A23D9/00; A21D2/00; A23D5/02; A23L1/00
US Patent Ref:

2785983	March, 1957	McMath	426/99	Flavoring material and method of making the same
3856699	December, 1974	Miyano et al.	426/99	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CAPSULES HAVING WALLS OF A WAXY MATERIAL
3867556	February, 1975	Darragh et al.	426/98	FATS WITH ENCAPSULATED FLAVORS
3892880	July, 1975	Grolitsch	426/607	Method for the manufacture of crystalline, flowable, stable fat powders or mixtures of such fat powders with other powdery materials
3949094	April, 1976	Johnson et al.	426/99	Condiment-treating process and product
3973046	August, 1976	Mol	426/98	Method for preparing a mixture of finely crystallized fat and a powder
3973053	August, 1976	Galusky	426/601	Process for tempering beaded fat quickly

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Yoncoskie, Robert A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Feit, Irving N.
Farrell, James J.

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