A method for preserving cooking oil comprises contacting the oil with oil-permeable cementious material in the form of either stand-alone blocks, pellets, granules, or balls and which has been hydraulically hardened from a paste comprising (a) >50 wt % of (i) white OPC clinker, (ii) white OPC or (iii) a mixture of white OPC clinker and white OPC, and (b) optionally further ingredients selected from silica, titania, lime, calcium sulphate, hydrated alumina, natural feldspars, diatomaceous earth, Na and Ca forms of natural and synthetic zeolites, clays, pillared clays, activated clays/earths, silicate minerals selected from calcium silicate, magnesium silicate, aluminium silicate, agalmatolite, amphiboles, attapulgite, granite porphyry, kaolinite, porphyry, rhyolite, talc and wollastonite, wherein the porosity of the cementious material is 30-55%. The oil-permeable cementious material has during manufacture been subjected to prolonged drying at elevated temperatures so as to reduce the amount of foaming occurring in the oil during treatment with the said cementious material.

An eggless mayo is provided that is heat stable or that is heat stable as well as freeze-thaw stable and that is all natural. In addition a mayonnaise composition is provided that has increased heat stability as well as freeze-thaw stability. A low-salt version of the eggless mayo is provided as well as compositions for various butters and creams that have enhanced heat stability as well as freeze-thaw stability.

An eggless mayo is provided that is heat stable or that is heat stable as well as freeze-thaw stable and that is all natural. In addition a mayonnaise composition is provided that has increased heat stability as well as freeze-thaw stability. A low-salt version of the eggless mayo is provided as well as compositions for various butters and creams that have enhanced heat stability as well as freeze-thaw stability.

Taste-enhanced liquid, semi-solid and/or solid oil-based suspensions are provided, which consist of a carrier oil and edible solid particles (e.g., crystalline salt and/or sugar, and optionally spices) having median diameter of less than 15 μm. The particles are reduced in size in the suspension, allowing enhancement of their organoleptic effects while reducing their amount to meet nutritional demands. The solid or semi-solid oil-derivatives comprise heterogeneous triglycerides of saturated fatty acids, including at least one saturated fatty acid having 12 carbons or more—selected to provide a required temperature-viscosity profile and/or a required melting temperature profile of the oil-derivative that corresponds to the food product. Also, non-oxidizing frying oil is provided, based on saturated fatty acids. The frying oil comprises triglycerides that include mostly or wholly saturated fatty acids, as well as small amounts of antioxidants that prevent residual oxidation of the oil during prolonged frying.

Taste-enhanced liquid, semi-solid and/or solid oil-based suspensions are provided, which consist of a carrier oil and edible solid particles (e.g., crystalline salt and/or sugar, and optionally spices) having median diameter of less than 15 μm. The particles are reduced in size in the suspension, allowing enhancement of their organoleptic effects while reducing their amount to meet nutritional demands. The solid or semi-solid oil-derivatives comprise heterogeneous triglycerides of saturated fatty acids, including at least one saturated fatty acid having 12 carbons or more—selected to provide a required temperature-viscosity profile and/or a required melting temperature profile of the oil-derivative that corresponds to the food product. Also, non-oxidizing frying oil is provided, based on saturated fatty acids. The frying oil comprises triglycerides that include mostly or wholly saturated fatty acids, as well as small amounts of antioxidants that prevent residual oxidation of the oil during prolonged frying.

A process for producing a fat-encapsulated ingredient. A fat is metered into an extruder, the fat having a melting point of at least 50° C. The fat is heated in in the extruder during rotation of at least one screw. At least one ingredient is metered into a barrel of the extruder to produce a flowable mixture. The flowable mixture is cooled in a a downstream adjacent section of the extruder barrel. The mixture is subsequently discharged through an extruder die. After discharge, the mixture is comminuted.

A liquid-oil based fat system for use in microwave popcorn products is described to prevent wicking and leaking of oil from microwave popcorn packaging. In an aspect, a microwave popcorn product includes a charge of popcorn and a slurry including a liquid-based oil, a structuring ingredient, and a seasoning for introduction to a microwave popcorn package that expands during the popping process in a microwave.

A liquid-oil based fat system for use in microwave popcorn products is described to prevent wicking and leaking of oil from microwave popcorn packaging. In an aspect, a microwave popcorn product includes a charge of popcorn and a slurry including a liquid-based oil, a structuring ingredient, and a seasoning for introduction to a microwave popcorn package that expands during the popping process in a microwave.

Disclosed is a composition comprising a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion. In some embodiments, the macronutrient is a protein, a carbohydrate, a second type of fat in addition to the one forming the primary fat matrix, water, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion. In some embodiments, the process comprises: (a) heating the fat matrix to provide a melted or heat-plasticized fat matrix; (b) mixing the ingredient into the melted or heat-plasticized fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient comprises particles; and (c) cooling the mixture formed in step (b) to form the composition comprising a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion.

Disclosed is a composition comprising a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion. In some embodiments, the macronutrient is a protein, a carbohydrate, a second type of fat in addition to the one forming the primary fat matrix, water, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion. In some embodiments, the process comprises: (a) heating the fat matrix to provide a melted or heat-plasticized fat matrix; (b) mixing the ingredient into the melted or heat-plasticized fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient comprises particles; and (c) cooling the mixture formed in step (b) to form the composition comprising a dispersion of an ingredient in a fat matrix, optionally wherein the ingredient is selected from the group comprising a macronutrient, a micronutrient, a dietary bioactive, a pharmaceutical ingredient, and combinations thereof, further optionally, wherein the dispersion is a uniform dispersion.