Patents Examined by Euan Federman
  • Process for producing low calorie foods from alkyl glycoside fatty acid polyesters
    Patent number: 4942054
    Abstract: Low calorie foods are produced by substituting for the triglyceride fats normally found in foods or food products, a fat substitute comprising an alkyl glycoside fatty acid polyester, the polyester having at least 4 fatty acid ester groups, wherein each fatty acid has from 4 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the alkyl glycoside moiety comprises a saccharide portion and an alkyl portion, the alkyl portion having from 1 to 24 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Curtice-Burns, Inc.
    Inventors: Daryl B. Winter, Richard S. Meyer, Jeffrey M. Root, Michael L. Campbell