Bake Stable Fat Composition Using Caseinate

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current fat-based compositions in bakery products suffer from poor bake stability, leading to shape deformation, texture changes, and undesirable color alterations during high-temperature baking, resulting in an unappealing final product.

Innovation Solution

A bake-stable composition comprising 30-60wt% sweetener, 20-45wt% lipid, and 1-20wt% caseinate, which maintains low moisture content and is used as a filling, inclusion, or coating in bakery products, enhancing their shape, texture, and color stability during and after baking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If fat-based compositions are heated during baking, then the bakery product can be baked, but the composition loses shape, texture, and color stability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebaking temperatureVSAvoidbake stability
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the chemical composition parameters of the fat-based composition by incorporating specific emulsifiers, starches, and proteins in optimized ratios. These parameter changes enable the composition to withstand baking temperatures while maintaining shape, texture, and color stability, directly resolving the contradiction between heating capability and compositional stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite fat-based composition by combining multiple ingredients (fats, emulsifiers, starches, proteins, sweeteners) with specific functional properties. This composite structure provides thermal stability during baking while maintaining the desired sensory characteristics, allowing the composition to resist deformation and degradation at high temperatures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Ease of manufacture

If fat-based compositions are added before baking, then the product can be baked with stable ingredients, but the composition deforms and flows during baking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepre-baking additionVSAvoidshape stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adjusts the physical and chemical parameters of the fat-based composition, including melting point, viscosity, and glass transition temperature, by selecting specific fat types and ratios. These parameter modifications prevent deformation and flow during baking while allowing pre-baking addition, resolving the contradiction between manufacturing convenience and shape stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces emulsifiers and stabilizers as intermediary substances that mediate between the fat phase and water phase in the composition. These intermediaries create a stable emulsion structure that resists breaking and flowing during baking, enabling pre-baking addition without shape loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If traditional fat-based compositions are used, then the product has desirable taste and texture, but the composition undergoes undesirable color changes during baking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetaste and texture qualityVSAvoidcolor degradation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the potentially harmful Maillard reaction and oxidation processes that cause undesirable browning into beneficial effects by controlling the composition's chemical environment. Through pH adjustment and antioxidant addition, the patent suppresses excessive browning while maintaining desirable taste and texture development during baking

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The composition maintains a smooth texture, minimal shape deformation, and color stability, with improved bake stability compared to caseinate-free compositions, allowing for pre-baking addition without compromising product quality.

Implementation Method 1

Bake stability of these fat-based compositions, also referred to as heat resistance or heat stability, remains a problem in the food industry

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeat resistance: Thermal Insulation

Implementation Method 2

during baking Maillard reactions and caramelization can take place and the colour of the applied products can change

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectMaillard reactions: Chemical Bonding

Implementation Method 3

during baking Maillard reactions and caramelization can take place and the colour of the applied products can change

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCaramelization: Pyrolysis

Data Source

PatentEP3432721A1Bake stable composition
Publication Date: 2019.01.30 CARGILL INC

AI summary

The present invention relates to a bake stable composition, in particular a bake stable fat composition comprising from 30-60 wt% of sweetener, from 20-45 wt% of lipid, and from 1 to 20 wt% of caseinate. The bake stable composition is particularly suitable for use in bakery products and comprises 3% moisture or less. The invention further relates to a process for making the bake stable composition of the present invention. Further, the invention relates to the use of caseinate to increase the bake stability of a composition, in particularly of a fat filling composition.