Appeal No. 93-2111
Application 07/630,452
(p.11):
A characterizing feature of the sugar or
sugar alcohol fatty acid polyesters useful in
this invention is that they predominantly
contain at least 4 fatty acid polyester
groups. Sugar or sugar alcohol fatty acid
polyester compounds that contain 3 or less
fatty acid ester groups are digested in the
intestinal tract much in the manner as
ordinary triglyceride fats, but sugar or
sugar alcohol fatty acid polyester compounds
that contain four or more fatty acid ester
groups are digested to a lesser extent and
thus have the desired low calorie properties
for use in this invention.
Highly preferred low calorie fat
materials according to this invention are
sucrose fatty acid polyesters. Preferred
sucrose fatty acid polyesters have the
majority of their hydroxyl groups esterified
with fatty acids. Preferably at least about
80%, and most preferably at least about 95%,
of the sucrose fatty acid polyesters are
selected from the group consisting of
octaesters, heptaesters and hexaesters, and
mixtures thereof. Preferably, no more than
about 35% of the esters are hexaesters or
heptaesters, and at least about 60% of the
sucrose fatty acid polyesters are octaesters.
Most preferably, at least about 70% of the
polyesters are octaesters.
Two sucrose polyester compositions prepared according to the
invention disclosed in EPA '856 are illustrated in Table I
(p.23):
Example 1 Example 2
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007