31 results about "Stanol ester" patented technology

Compositions in powder form of sterols or stanol esters, and milk powder and/or proteins are disclosed. A process of making the compositions is also disclosed. The suitability of incorporation of the compositions in powder form in food products, for example beverages and milk products, is also disclosed.

A confectionery chew for lowering serum cholesterol in an animal in need thereof including a carbohydrate, a seeding agent, which can be a fondant, a structuring agent, which can be a protein, a starch, a hydrocolloid, and mixtures thereof, and cholesterol lowering agent selected from a sterol, a sterol ester, a stanol, a stanol ester, and mixtures thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a combination of diacylglycerol(s) (DAG), mainly 1,3-diacylglycerol(s), and phytosterol and/or phytostanol ester(s) (PSE) dissolved or dispersed in edible oil and/or edible fat, in the manufacture of nutritional supplements and orally administrable pharmaceutical preparations which are capable of reducing blood levels of both cholesterol and triglycerides and/or for lowering serum, serum LDL and macrophage oxidation levels, inhibiting the formation of foam cells and/or preventing the deleterious effects generated by lipid-induced oxidative stress. In addition, the composition of the invention, as well as the pharmaceutical preparations thereof, is suitable for the treatment and prevention of conditions related to atherosclerosis, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and diabetes mellitus.

The invention provides an emulsion composition containing lecithin, DHA, other fat-soluble substances and purified water. The content of the purified water in the emulsion composition is more than 70% by weight, the weight ratio of the lecithin to the DHA is 1: (0.005-1), the particle size of fat balls in the emulsion is less than 5 mu m, and the other fat-soluble substances comprise one or more of the following components: arachidonic acid, linolenic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, gamma-linolenic acid, linoleic acid, conjugated linoleic acid, conjugated linoleic acid glyceride, phosphatidylserine, polyene phosphatidyl choline, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl inositol, phosphatidyl glycerol, phytosterol, plant sterol ester, plant stanol ester and medium and long-chain fatty acid. The invention further provides a preparation method of the emulsion composition and application of the emulsion composition in the functional aspects of supplementing phospholipids and unsaturated fatty acids by oral administration, protecting heart and brain blood vessels, reducing blood lipids, reducing blood pressure, treating fatty liver and the like.

The invention discloses health-care sour milk for elderly people and a production method thereof, and belongs to the field of foods. The health-care sour milk for elderly people solves the problem that nutritional ingredients of the existing sour milk can not satisfy health care demands of elderly people. The production method comprises that basic materials of milk, soybean meal and Chinese yam flour are fermented by a bifidobacterium-containing strain to produce the health-care sour milk for elderly people, wherein the basic materials can be added with red jujube juice, wolfberry, plant stanol ester, one or more prebiotics, dietary fibers, sugar, xylitol, a sweetener and stabilizing agents. The health-care sour milk for elderly people has the advantages that soybean powder and milk are mixed and then are fermented so that animal proteins and vegetable proteins are combined perfectly, and wolfberry, Chinese yam, jujubes and plant stanol ester are used as auxiliary materials and thus the health-care sour milk for elderly people has balanced nutrition, full health-care functions and a good taste and can be stored at a temperature of -2 to -6 DEG C for more than 20 days.

The disclosed invention relates to sterol and/or stanol esters of ethercarboxylic acids corresponding to general formula (I):R(OAlk)_nOCH₂COOH, in which R is a C_1-50 alkyl, alkenyl and/or alkylphenyl group derived from an alcohol, OAlk stands for ring-opened ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide units and n is a number of 0 to 100, and to a process for making said sterols and stanols. The inventive sterols and stanols have a number of uses, including as steroid precursors, as emulsifiers and as a hypocholesterolaemic active component of foods.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a phytosterol ester and/or a phytostanol ester comprising: a) admixing a phospholipid composition comprising at least between about 10% to about 70% plant phospholipid and at least about 5% water; a lipid acyltransferase; and a phytosterol and/or a phytostanol; and b) separating or isolating or purifying at least one phytosterol ester and/or phytostanol ester from said admixture. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the phytosterol ester and/or phytostanol ester produced by this method, including foodstuffs and personal care product (cosmetic) compositions.

The present invention includes a compound which combines, through esterification, the natural cholesterol lowering properties of plant sterols or stanols with the natural cholesterol lowering properties of fatty acids, more particularly a stearic acid. This combination of substances provides a synergistic lowering of cholesterol by interfering with the normal absorption of cholesterol within the gastrointestinal tract of the digestive system and may assist in avoiding unwanted side effects which are typically experienced with commonly used cholesterol lowering drugs.

The invention provides yak milk powder for middle-aged and elderly people and a preparation method thereof. The yak milk powder for the middle-aged and elderly people is prepared from raw yak milk, phospholipid and plant stanol ester. The preparation method includes the steps that during preparation, part of fresh milk is completely degreased and then mixed with whole raw yak milk, and the partially degreased yak milk powder is prepared; and part of yak milk fat obtained through degreasing is used for dissolving the phospholipid and the plant stanol ester, spraying of the phospholipid and theplant stanol ester is achieved in the mode that nitrogen is sprayed through a double-airflow nozzle, and the problem that due to addition of the plant stanol ester, the resolubility of the milk powderis poor is solved. The yak milk powder for the middle-aged and elderly people is rich in plant stanol ester, beneficial to blood fat health of people with dyslipidemia, high in content of calcium andconjugated linoleic acid, low in content of trans-fatty acid, balanced in nutrition, easier to digest and absorb, and suitable for the middle-aged and elderly people to eat.

The invention discloses a preparation method for high-lubricity super essential oil. The method comprises the following steps: A, adding isopropyl isostearate A, polyether ester B and hydrotreated base oil to a reaction kettle; B, heating to 60 DEG C and stirring in a machine and pulse mode; C, adding an antioxidant and a corrosion inhibitor to a stirring device; and D, filtering. The preparationmethod is capable of using narrow distillation range, high flash point, and repeatedly hydrotreated base oil in the different viscosities as the base oil, abandoning traditional environment-unfriendlyextreme pressure additives, such as sulphur, phosphorus and chlorine, performing the synthetic polymerization through autonomously developed different vegetable fat, and enabling different syntheticpolymerization esters to be compounded so as to achieve the performance of the sulphur, the phosphorus and the chlorine. In addition, the high-lubricity super essential oil is non-toxic, odorless, andno simulation to a human body, and a product after a polymerization reaction is capable of solving defects that traditional used stanol ester is easily oxidized and tacky, the cost is lower in the follow-up environmental protection treatment, an environmental protection pressure is reduced, and the product reaches or exceeds the performance of imported similar products.

The invention discloses a low glycemic index sweet biscuit and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of food processing. The biscuit is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by mass: mixed coarse cereal powder, whey protein powder, white kidney bean powder, egg white, xylitol, erythritol, galactooligosaccharide, phytostanol ester, resistant dextrin and a bulking agent, the mixed coarse cereal powder is prepared by crushing quinoa, red beans, peas, oats, buckwheat, barley, red rice, coix seeds, millet and germinated brown rice. The mixed coarse cereal powder is adopted to replace wheat flour, so that the defect that the wheat flour is indeed diverse in vitamins and minerals is overcome; meanwhile, the glycemic index of the mixed coarse cereal powder is lower than that of wheat flour, the digestion speed is low, and the defect that blood sugar rises fast can be relieved; sucrose is replaced by erythritol and galactooligosaccharide, so that the calorie of the biscuit is reduced, and the biscuit is suitable for diabetics and people who lose weight to eat; egg white and xylitol are added; the intake taste of the biscuit is improved.

A method for preparing a dairy product in a production line, includes a step of continuously injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester through the production line at a predetermined temperature T₁ no lower than the melting point of the ester, and particularly at a temperature of 35-80° C., and into a dairy composition at a predetermined temperature T₂ no lower than the temperature T₁, which composition consists of an initial emulsifier-free milk-based composition containing milk proteins, to give a mixture, wherein the step of injecting at least one sterol and/or stanol ester is carried out before a step of homogenizing the mixture.

The present invention relates to a water-in-oil emulsion comprising 15-90 wt. % of a fat phase having a solid fat content at 20° C. (N₂₀) of at least 10%; and 10-85 wt. % of aqueous phase, said fat phase comprising: 60-85% by weight of the fat phase of glycerides selected from triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides, phospholipids and combinations thereof, including at least 70% of triglycerides by weight of said glycerides 15-40% by weight of said fat phase of phytosterol esters selected from sterol esters, stanol esters and combinations thereof; wherein ω-3 fatty acids selected from EPA, DHA and combinations thereof represent 4-70% by weight of the fatty acids contained in the emulsion. Despite the high levels of EPA and DHA contained in the emulsion, off-flavour development as a result of oxidation of these ω3-fatty acids is minimized due to the presence of sterol esters.

A process for producing steryl or stanyl esters, comprises the steps of:

• • a) forming a reacting mixture by contacting a lipase with a reactant mixture wherein the reactant mixture comprise sterols or stanols and one or more esters selected from the group consisting of esters of a fatty acid with a short chain aliphatic alcohol;
  • b) separating the lipase from the reacting mixture to form a reacted mixture; and
  • c) separating steryl or stanyl esters from the reacted mixture.

The reaction is carried out in stirred reactors at pressures below atmospheric pressure and temperatures from 30 to 90° C. The separation of esters from the reacted mixtures is carried out by distillation at low pressures.

A process for esterifying sterols or stanols comprise forming a reacting mixture by contacting a lipase with a reactant mixture wherein the reactant mixture comprise sterols or stanols and one or more esters selected from the group consisting of esters of a fatty acid with a short chain aliphatic alcohol. The reaction of esterification is carried out in stirred reactors at pressures below atmospheric pressure and temperatures from 30 to 90° C.

The invention discloses a formula of a degradable antibacterial thin film master batch. The formula comprises the following components in parts by weight: 100-200 parts of polyacrylate, 150-300 parts of polypropylene, 50-100 parts of starch, 20-50 parts of polylactic acid, 20-30 parts of a smoothening agent, 5-15 parts of an antibacterial agent and 5-50 parts of synthesized stanol ester. The master batch prepared according to the formula has relatively good biodegradable ability and antibacterial performance.

The invention relates to a capsule consisting of a shell and a filling, which contains plant sterol ester and/or plant stanol ester and emulsifier. The capsule is suitable for lowering serum LDL cholesterol level.

The invention provides a preparation method and application of lipoic acid sterol/stanol ester, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, respectively weighing sterol/stanol, lipoic acid or a lipoic acid derivative, an enzyme and a dehydrating agent in a reaction flask, adding a reaction solvent for reaction, the enzyme being candida 99-125 lipase or muscardine fungus sterol esterase; and S2, after the reaction is finished, taking out reaction liquid, filtering to remove the enzyme and the dehydrating agent, removing the reaction solvent to obtain a sterol/stanol lipoic acid ester crude product, and separating to obtain a sterol/stanol lipoic acid ester pure product. The lipase is used as a catalyst to catalyze the reaction of sterol/stanol and lipoic acid/lipoic acid derivatives to synthesize lipoic acid sterol/stanol ester, the product conversion rate is greater than or equal to 95%, and the yield is greater than 90%. The method has the advantages of high conversion rate, short time consumption, simple process operation, low energy consumption, mild reaction conditions, greenness, environmental protection and the like.