Claims
- 1. A pourable, edible, homogenized emulsion consisting essentially of about 45 to 60% water, about 20 to 30% fat, about 7 to 20% sweetener, about 0.5 to 2.5% dispersible protein, about 0.1 to 0.75% thickener, about 0.1 to 1.0% buffer and about 0.75 to 2.5% emulsifier, said emulsifier consisting essentially of a major proportion of propylene glycol monostearate or hexaglycerol distearate in the range of about 0.5 to 1.5% and a minor proportion of a combination of ethoxylated sorbitan ester in the range of about 0.3 to 0.6%, sorbitan monostearate in the range of about 0.05 to 0.25% and lecithin in the range of about 0 to 0.15%, said emulsion being substantially stable against separation and/or gelation for at least about one year at room temperature under aseptic conditions and whippable in the temperature range from about 40.degree. to 100.degree. F. to at least about 200% overrun.
- 2. An emulsion according to claim 1 wherein said thickener comprises a major proportion of water-insoluble thickener.
- 3. An emulsion according to claim 2 wherein said water-insoluble thickener is microcrystalline cellulose.
- 4. An emulsion according to claim 1 wherein said thickener comprises a major proportion of microcrystalline cellulose and a minor proportion of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
- 5. An emulsion according to claim 1 in sterile condition.
- 6. An emulsion according to claim 1 wherein said buffer is sodium metaphosphate.
- 7. An emulsion according to claim 5 packaged in a sealed, interiorly sterile container.
- 8. An emulsion according to claim 7 wherein said thickener comprises a major proportion of microcrystalline cellulose and a minor proportion of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and said buffer is sodium metaphosphate.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my pending application Ser. No. 739,511 filed Nov. 8, 1976, now abandoned which in turn is a continuation of my copending application Ser. No. 589,497 filed June 23, 1975 and now abandoned.
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