Abstract: A method is provided for producing a butter-like composition which has a taste, texture and mouth feel similar to butter but which is speadable at refrigeration temperatures. A feed of at least one liquid dairy product which is primarily and oil-in-water emulsion and has a fat content of at about 8% is prepared. The feed is concentrated by removing water until a concentrate having at least about 40% fat is obtained. The concentrate is homogenized and a phase reversal of the concentrate is caused, either prior to, during or after homogenization, so that the emulsion of the concentrate is converted from a primarily oil-in-water emulsion to a predominantly water-in-oil emulsion. The concentrate, thereby, forms a butter-like composition, and the ratio of oil-in-water emulsion to water-in-oil emulsion in the composition is at least about 6:4, and preferably between 7:3 and 8:2.

Abstract: A complete, ready-to-use cheesecake filling mix that is storable for long periods of time at refrigerated or frozen temperatures prior to use without degradation of the mixture product, and which, upon aeration by whipping and upon baking, produces a premium quality cheesecake dessert filling, comprising a homogeneous mixture of milk, cream, whole eggs, sugar, nonfat dry milk, sodium caseinate, salt, modified starch, locust bean gum, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, sodium tripoly phosphate, citric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid and water.

Abstract: A sweetening agent or sweetened food which comprises .alpha.-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (Aspartame) and an aqueous dispersing agent, wherein the Aspartame is present in an amount sufficient to saturate the aqueous dispersing agent and further to provide undissolved Aspartame, is disclosed along with a method for producing such foods and sweetening agents.

Abstract: A readily recontitutable powder, for preparing a high-stability sour-cream-type product, as well as a method for the preparation of the powder and a method for the reconstitution thereof. The powder is prepared from a low-fat, directly-acidified slurry, which is subsequently spray-dried. A hygroscopic powder (e.g., pre-gelatinized starch) is blended in; the result is a product that is low in cost, easily reconstituted, stable at room temperature as a powder, and stable when refrigerated after reconstitution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a whippable, non-homogenized cream having a fat content of 20 to 30% by weight and a pH of 6.2 to 6.5, which contains0.2 to 0.4% by weight of at least one emulsifying agent consisting of a mixture of distilled monoglycerides in a carrier, wherein the weight ratio of saturated fatty acids to unsaturated fatty acids in the fatty acid ester is between 80:20 and 20:80,0.2 to 0.4% by weight of at least one binder based on starch, as well as0.03 to 0.06% by weight of carragheenate as a stabilizer, and to a method wherein at least one of said emulsifying agent, said binder, said carragheenate and at least one organic and physiologically acceptable acid are dispersed in milk and the amount of non-homogenized cream required to achieve the desired fat content in the final product.

Abstract: Non-enzymatic browning and other quality deteriorating reactions during heat-processing of liquid foodstuffs are minimized by separately aseptically heat-processing the carbohydrate containing components and the nitrogeneous components and finally combining these processed materials at a temperature of at most 65.degree. C.

Abstract: This invention relates to instant creaming powder enriched with flavor and/or color which contains at least 0.2% by weight of fine particles prepared by locking a small amount of flavor in a mixture of a saccharide dehydrate and a saccharide, or coloring the mixture, or subjecting the mixture to both of these treatments, to obtain suitable solubility, creaminess and whitening effect equal to those of the conventional instant creaming powder in spite of incorporating thereinto the fine particles for enrichment with flavor, and has a novel appearance in which fine particles having crystalline brilliance are uniformly dispersed in the instant creaming powder.

Abstract: A sauce enhancer in tubes which is microbiologically stable, without the addition of preservatives or heat treatment, comprising cream, egg yolk modified with phospholipase A2 and a fat component of a liquid butter fat fraction, alone or in admixture with vegetable oil, wherein the sauce enhancer has a pH value of from 5.6 to 6.8 and a water activity value (a.sub.w -value) between 0.84 and 0.9, with which other milk components and flavor intensifiers may be incorporated.

Abstract: A process for making a stabilized frozen whipped cream. Heavy whipping cream is whipped into whipped cream having stiff peaks, and a mixture of sweeteners and dry stabilizers is incorporated into the whipped cream. A warm gelatin solution is then blended with the whipped cream and mixture of sweeteners and dry stabilizers to form a homogeneous mass which is then frozen. The dry stabilizers are microcrystalline cellulose and sodium carboxymethylcellulose which with the gelatin give integrity to the air cell structure so that on thawing the frozen whipped cream retains its volume and does not experience syneresis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition comprising discrete particles containing 10 to 100% by weight of fat and having a particle size of 0.04 to 10.0 mm in a margarine matrix comprising the steps of introducing 0.1 to 80% by weight of said particles into said matrix at a temperature below the melting point of the particles while the matrix is in a liquid supercooled state; and cooling the composition. In an advantageous alternative embodiment said particles are sprinkled onto said matrix while it is still in solid, extruded, strand form. The sprinkled strands are thereafter combined and extruded in the form of prints, sticks or bars. If the particles as they are sprinkled onto the extruded matrix are larger than 10.0 mm, they are comminuted to the size range of 0.04 to 10.0 mm by passage of the particle and matrix mixture through a suitable perforated plate.

Abstract: A method for improving the whipping properties of cream by the addition of a fraction of buttermilk to the cream is disclosed. A concentrate is produced by ultrafiltration of buttermilk, which concentrate is made acid to a pH lower than 4.0, preferably 3.8. This concentrate is mixed with cream with a desired fat content in an amount of 5-15%. The obtained mixture is neutralized and thereafter treated in a desired manner.

Abstract: A process for the production of a beatable cream of low fat content and high keeping quality is described. The cream is given a fat content of 17-31% by weight and will have a shelf life of up to 8 weeks when kept in cold storage. Cream having a fat content of more than 35% by weight is mixed with sweet buttermilk, tempered by alternate heating and chilling, and is then heated to a temperature above the melting point of the fat. The pH of the cream is adjusted to about 5.95-6.25 by adding sour milk or sour buttermilk, whereupon the mixture is allowed to swell. After that, it is homogenized, chilled and sterilized. After sterilization, it is again homogenized in two steps at a temperature above the melting point of the fat, whereupon it is chilled and packaged.

Abstract: A process for the fractionation of hardened butterfat resulting in a fraction (i) enriched in triglycerides comprising two fatty acid residues having each at least 16 carbon atoms and 1 fatty acid residue with 2 to 8 carbon atoms, said triglycerides having a carbonnumber ranging from 24 to 42 and a fraction (ii) enriched in triglycerides having a carbonnumber greater than 42. Fractionation is preferable carried out in the presence of a solvent such as acetone or hexane. Margarine fat blends containing fraction (i) display improved butterlike properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spreadable water-in-oil emulsion based on a high melting butterfat fraction and a liquid oil which is substantially free of solid fat crystals at 10.degree. C. and to a process for producing said emulsion. The use of a high melting butter stearin fraction obtained by dry fractionation at 15.degree.-30.degree. C., as one of the fat components of the fatty phase of the emulsion enables the incorporation of up to 80% of liquid oil, preferably an oil having a relatively high level of polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a low-calorie spread based on a low-melting butterfat fraction, which has an improved spreadability at 10.degree. C. as compared with low-calorie butter. The low-melting butterfat fraction is an olein preferably obtained by dry fractionation of butterfat within the temperature range of 20.degree.-30.degree. C.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the emulsification of fluids. Mixing of the fluids may occur before the fluids enter the apparatus, or in the apparatus. Extremely low pressure is created and maintained in an apparatus chamber by accelerating the flow velocity of at least one fluid as flow occurs from a larger to a smaller diameter passageway. Vapors of the fluids to be emulsified mix in said low pressure passageway, which may be a venturi tube. When the mixed vapors flow from the smaller diameter passageway to a second larger diameter outlet passageway, deceleration results in a pressure increase which causes the mixed vapors to collapse into the emulsified products. A single emulsification in the apparatus produces emulsified particles with diameters in the range of 0.01 to 2 microns. The apparatus is capable of homogenizing milk, emulsifying fuel and water, emulsifying solutions with immiscible fluids, and producing other regular or thixotropic emulsions.

Abstract: A process for preparing instantly whippable whipping cream and whipping cream products with increased content of surfactants, whereby butter fat and lactic acid are separated from milk and/or milk products and a surfactant is prepared therefrom which consists of lactic acid esters of monoglycerides or of mixtures of lactic acid esters of monoglycerides with monoglycerides, mixing said surfactants with butter fat and emulsifying the fatty mixture in a milk protein and milk sugar containing solution.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a stable food product from milk components, comprising the steps of mixing from about 20-40% by weight skim milk powder, from about 0-45% by weight butter fat, and from about 30-80% by weight water with from about 2-6% by weight of a mixture of salts comprising monosodium phosphate, sodium polyphosphate having about 70% P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and a cross-linked polyphosphate having a pH value of 2.9, in a proportion of approximately 3:4:2; heating the resulting mixture to a temperature of from about 50.degree.-120.degree. C., within about 2-20 minutes under agitation; and recovering the product. Also disclosed is a stable food product in accordance with this process.

Abstract: A process for the manufacturing of crumb products by preparing a first raw material flow F1 containing components or part flows f1-f4, of which f1 contains liquid milk or milk products at a dry solids content of 2-70% by weight, f2 contains sugar raw materials in the form of tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, sugar alcohols, disaccharides, partially hydrolyzed starch, syrup products, or different combinations thereof, f3 contains dry protein raw materials at the same dry solids contents as stated for f1, f4 contains one or more amino acids and a second flow F2 consisting of part flows f5 and optionally f6, of which f5 contains fatty components and f6 consists of an emulsifier for the fat phase and that the flow f1 at a dry solids content of 20-70% by weight and a pH in the range of 4-8, preferably 6.5-7.5, is heat treated at a temperature of 100.degree.-130.degree. C. during a period of time of about 7-2 minutes for performing a Maillard reaction, and subsequently is cooled to a temperature of suitably 80.degree.

Abstract: A method for producing a solid, butter-like, churned emulsion and the product produced by the method is described. The invention relates to a margarine sometimes called "churned margarine" and contains less than 20% by weight of water dispersed uniformly through a partially hydrogenated vegetable oil fatty phase. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for preparing a filled cream and the resulting filled cream. The so called "churned margarine" can have low levels of cholesterol and high levels of unsaturation and is produced by churning the filled cream.

Abstract: Low fat butter having good low temperature spreadability and an enhanced protein to fat ratio in comparison to natural butter is prepared from cream in a one step process wherein a small percentage of an emulsifier and a hydrocolloid are incorporated into the cream, and the resulting blend is chilled and worked in a swept surface heat exchanger whereby phase inversion without syneresis occurs. The blend is preferably homogenized and pasteurized prior to phase inversion, whereby the stability and keepability of the resulting product is improved.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a butter-like edible fat product, spreadable at refrigerator temperature and consisting of cow's cream and 15-30% (based on the total fat content) of a vegetable, tocopherol-containing triglyceride oil, comprising the following steps. First, the fat content of the cream is adjusted to 36-38% by weight, whereupon the cream is cooled to 3.degree.-4.degree. C. and stored for at least 3 hours. Then the cream is pumped in a stream to a continuous butter making machine of the Fritz type. All or a considerable portion of the oil is injected into the stream of cream between the storage and the butter making machine. After admixing, but ahead of the butter making machine, the injected oil is finely divided and emulsified. The relative amounts of the cream and the injected oil in the stream entering the butter making machine is so adjusted to obtain a total fat content of more than 40% by weight.

Abstract: Continuous production of standardized milk is carried out with a method and apparatus wherein milk is separated into cream and skimmilk, an amount of cream is remixed with skimmilk to produce standardized milk, the standardized milk is continuously tested for fat content, the amount of cream remixed with the skimmilk is automatically regulated in accordance with the fat content of the standardized milk and standardized milk and separated cream are recycled to milk being separated if fat content of the standardized milk is not within prescribed limits.

Abstract: A method and composition are provided for preparing a novel acidified milk gel product, characterized by smooth body with no graininess and good flavor. The composition comprises a novel thickener system which is a blend of carboxymethyl cellulose, xanthan gum, and locust bean gum. The thickener is used as a level of from about 0.6-1.6 by weight based on the weight of the final total weight of the milk - acid system. The three components of the thickener composition are present at levels of from about 30% to about 50% for carboxymethyl cellulose, from about 20% to about 50% for xanthan gum, and from about 10% to about 45% for locust bean gum, all percentages as a percent of total weight of the thickener composition. The thickener system can be used for both hot and cold preparations.

Abstract: A soft dairy spread processed by fractionating milk fat into a number of fractions, each fraction having a suitable melting range and re-combining selected fractions in a product having limited change in solid fat content to give a satisfactory spreading characteristic. A butter is made by taking the product and adding solids not fat, water and salt. The combined fractions do not include the triglycerides which melt over 0.degree. C to 20.degree. C.

Abstract: In a continuous standardizing and blending system, a liquid (e.g. whole milk) having a known composition is introduced into a separator for separating the milk into components, e.g. a skim (fat-free) component and a high-fat component such as cream. The milk enters the separator through a conduit having a flow meter positioned therein for providing a electrical analog signal corresponding to the flow rate through the conduit. The separator has a skim outlet connected to a skim conduit and a cream outlet connected to a cream conduit. A similar flow meter in the cream conduit generates an output electrical analog signal corresponding to the flow rate through that conduit. A programmed analog control unit compares the signal from the milk flow meter with the signal from the cream flow meter and provides a control signal which regulates the setting of a throttling valve upstream from the cream flow meter. This setting controls the flow rate of cream through the cream conduit.

Abstract: Aqueous oil emulsions which can be whipped to an overrun of 70 to 500% and heat treated for microbial stability are prepared containing an aqueous phase with a pH of 4.2 to 5.5, a fat content of 3 to 50%, an emulsifier that forms a flocculate in water at the pH of the aqueous phase, such as partial fatty acid esters of polyalcohols, and a globular protein in substantial absence of coagulated protein. The globular protein may be a complex of globular protein with an anionic polysaccharide and the fat may be butter fat or vegetable fat.