WAX OLEOGELS AS FAT SUBSTITUTES

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Fuente: WIPO "olive oil"
²A novel oleogel is provided comprising an edible oil in an amount of at least ²95 wt% combined ²with a binary wax blend in an amount of less than 5 wt% of the oleogel, ²wherein the oleogel ²exhibits less than 10% oiling off and a back-extrusion hardness of greater ²than 100 g-force. The ²edible oil may be a high oleic acid-containing oil, such as a vegetable oil ²having a total ²monounsaturated fatty acid content of at least about 25% by wt. The binary wax ²blend may ²comprise at least two waxes selected from rice bran wax, carnauba wax, ²candelilla wax, sunflower ²wax, jojoba oil wax, corn oil wax, sugarcane wax, ouricury wax, beeswax and ²retamo wax. The ²oleogel provides an edible fat substitute prepared from oil having a reduced ²saturated fatty acid ²and trans fatty acid content that may be incorporated in a variety of food ²products.²²=1>