1. An emulsified food product comprising water, from 0 to 5% by weight triglycerides, from 0.5 to 60% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 0 to 7% by weight saturated fatty acids, and optionally one or more emulsifiers, wherein the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides, if present, is between 0-0.10:1.
2. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product is selected from the group consisting of spreads, mayonnaises and dressings.
3. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises at most 5% by weight saturated fatty acids, preferably at most 3% by weight saturated fatty acids.
4. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product comprises at most 3% by weight triglycerides, preferably at most 1% by weight triglycerides.
5. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides, if present, is between 0-0.075:1, preferably between 0-0.050:1.
6. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product comprises from 0.5 to 20% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, preferably from 1 to 20% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, and most preferably from 1 to 15% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester.
7. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises at least 10% by weight of stanol and at most 90% by weight of sterol, preferably at least 30% by weight of stanol and at most 70% by weight of sterol, more preferably at least 50% by weight of stanol and at most 50% by weight of sterol, even more preferably at least 70% by weight of stanol and at most 30% by weight of sterol, and most preferably at least 90% by weight of stanol and at most 10% by weight of sterol.
8. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is liquid at room temperature.
9. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product comprises no emulsifier.
10. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the energy content from the fat is from 50 to 1350 kJ, preferably from 50 to 190 kJ, and most preferably from 50 to 120 kJ calculated on an amount of food product containing 3.4 g plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester.
11. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product further comprises food ingredients andor additives from 0.1 to 25% by weight.
12. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product comprises no hardstocks.
13. The food product according to claim 1, wherein the food product comprises no vegetable oil.
14. An emulsified food product in the form of a spread, comprising water, from 0 to 5% by weight triglycerides, from 10 to 60% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 0.5 to 4% by weight saturated fatty acids, and one or more emulsifiers, wherein the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides is between 0.01-0.05:1.
15. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 1.0 to 3.0% by weight saturated fatty acids.
16. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the spread comprises at most 3% by weight triglycerides, preferably at most 1% by weight triglycerides.
17. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the amount of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is from 15 to 50% by weight, preferably from 20 to 50% by weight, more preferably from 25 to 50% by weight.
18. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises at least 10% by weight of stanol and at most 90% by weight of sterol, preferably at least 30% by weight of stanol and at most 70% by weight of sterol, more preferably at least 50% by weight of stanol and at most 50% by weight of sterol, even more preferably at least 70% by weight of stanol and at most 30% by weight of sterol, and most preferably at least 90% by weight of stanol and at most 10% by weight of sterol.
19. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is liquid at room temperature.
20. The spread according to claim 14, wherein the energy content from the fat is from 50 to 120 kJ calculated on an amount of spread containing 3.4 g plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester.
21. The spread according to claim 14, wherein it further comprises food ingredients andor additives from 4 to 20% by weight.
22. The spread according to claim 14, wherein it comprises no hardstocks.
23. The spread according to claim 14, wherein it comprises no vegetable oil.
24. An emulsified food product in the form of a mayonnaise, comprising water, from 0 to 5% by weight triglycerides, from 5 to 20% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 0 to 7% by weight saturated fatty acids, and optionally one or more emulsifiers, wherein the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides, if present, is between 0-0.1:1.
25. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 1.0 to 5.0% by weight saturated fatty acids.
26. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the mayonnaise comprises at most 3% by weight triglycerides, preferably at most 1% by weight triglycerides.
27. The food product according to claim 24, wherein the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides, if present, is between 0-0.075:1, preferably between 0-0.050:1.
28. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the amount of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is from 5 to 15% by weight.
29. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises at least 10% by weight of stanol and at most 90% by weight of sterol, preferably at least 30% by weight of stanol and at most 70% by weight of sterol, more preferably at least 50% by weight of stanol and at most 50% by weight of sterol, even more preferably at least 70% by weight of stanol and at most 30% by weight of sterol, and most preferably at least 90% by weight of stanol and at most 10% by weight of sterol.
30. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is liquid at room temperature.
31. The food product according to claim 24, wherein the food product comprises no emulsifier.
32. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein the energy content from the fat is from 50 to 190 kJ calculated on an amount of mayonnaise containing 3.4 g plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester.
33. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein it further comprises food ingredients andor additives from 5 to 25% by weight, whereof a stabilizer or a mixture of stabilizers in an amount of at most 8% by weight of the mayonnaise.
34. The mayonnaise according to claim 33, wherein it comprises one or more stabilizers from 2 to 8% by weight, preferably from 2 to 7% by weight, more preferably from 2 to 6% by weight and most preferably from 2 to 5% by weight.
35. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein it comprises no hardstocks.
36. The mayonnaise according to claim 24, wherein it comprises no vegetable oil.
37. A method for preparing an emulsified food product comprising water, from 0 to 5% by weight triglycerides, and from 0.5 to 60% by weight plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester, wherein the fatty acid composition of the plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester comprises from 0 to 7% by weight saturated fatty acids, said method comprising providing a fat phase comprising said plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester having said fatty acid composition, optionally triglycerides, and any fat soluble component(s) of the food product, and an aqueous phase comprising water and any water soluble component(s) of the food product, and processing said fat phase and aqueous phase into the emulsified food product.
38. The method according to claim 37, wherein one or more emulsifiers are introduced into the fat phase or the aqueous phase, the weight ratio of emulsifier(s) to the sum of plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester and triglycerides, if present, being between 0.01-0.10:1, preferably between 0.010-0.075:1, more preferably between 0.01-0.05:1.
39. The method according to claim 37, wherein said plant sterol andor stanol fatty acid ester is liquid at room temperature.
40. The method according to claim 37 for the preparation of mayonnaise or dressing, wherein the fat phase and the aqueous phase are processed into the emulsified food product at room temperature or below room temperature.
41. The method according to claim 37 for the preparation of spread, wherein the fat phase and the aqueous phase are processed into the emulsified food product at a temperature of about 40\xb0 C. or below that temperature.
42. The method according to claim 37, wherein no hardstock is incorporated into the food product.
43. The method according to claim 37, wherein no vegetable oil is incorporated into the food product.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for propagating data among different communications networks comprising:
a first communications network having an output module and a commutation engine and a plurality of communications transceivers that communicate with each other and communicate through the commutation engine and output module to other communications networks, wherein said commutation engine is operable for receiving data as different data types from said plurality of communications transceivers within said first communications network and sampling the data and commutating the data into a serial data stream based on a first commutation format and in priority based on different message types as registered by each communications transceiver;
a router that receives the data stream from the output module in the first communications network and routes the data to other communications networks using the first commutation format and prioritized based on the message types;
at least a second communications network having an input module for receiving the serial data stream and a decommutation engine for receiving the data stream generated at the commutation engine of the first communications network from the router and decommutating the data and a database at the second communications network in which received data after decommutation is replicated based on the first commutation format and including a plurality of receivers with individual ones of said receivers subscribing to a selected message type; and
a commutation database associated with the commutation and decommutation engine of the first and second communications networks and having commutation format definitions and commutation and decommutation tables operative with the commutation and decommutation engines for changing the commutation format to a second commutation format that prioritizes different data based on message types to be later commutated and replicated, wherein said commutation engine in said first communications network is operative for changing the commutation format and modifying and prioritizing a data set and data update frequency scheme based on message types as registered by each communications transceiver to fit within an allotted bandwidth through the router to the at least second communications network and transmitted to a selected receiver based on which message type a receiver has subscribed and the decommutation engine at the second communications network decommutates the data and stores the new data with prioritized different data in the database at the second communications network based on the second commutations format.
2. A system according to claim 1, and further comprising a commutation format generator operative with the commutation database for updating the commutation database with a new commutation format.
3. A system according to claim 1, wherein the commutation format is changed based on a change in environment effecting the data stream.
4. A system according to claim 1, wherein the commutation format is changed based on changing data requirements at a receiver at the second communications network.
5. A system according to claim 1, wherein a change in commutation format is initiated by a receiver at the second communications network.
6. A system according to claim 1, wherein a change in commutation format is initiated by a transceiver at the first communications network.
7. A system according to claim 1, and further comprising a distributed messaging system operative with the commutation engine and providing communications among modules that generate and format data into a serial data stream based on the commutation format.
8. A system for propagating data among different communications networks comprising:
a first communications network having a plurality of communications transceivers and an output module as a data transmitter and a commutation engine for receiving data as different data types and sampling the data as received from said communications transceivers and commutating the sampled data received from the communications transceivers within the first communications network into a serial data stream based on a first commutation format and in priority based on different message types as registered by communications transceivers and propagating the data stream into a serial communications channel through the output module;
a router that receives the data stream from the output module in the first communications network and routes the data to other communications networks using the first commutation format and prioritized based on the different message types;
a second communications network having a data receiver as an input module for receiving the serial data stream and a database in which data is replicated based on the first commutation format including a decommutation engine for receiving the serial data stream propagated along the communications channel, decommutating the data, and replicating the data within the database and including a plurality of receivers with individual ones of said receivers subscribing to a selected message type; and
a commutation database associated with the commutation and decommutation engine of the first and second communications networks and having commutation format definitions and commutation and decommutation tables operative with the commutation and decommutation engines for changing the commutation format to a second commutation format that prioritizes different data to be commutated and later replicated, wherein said commutation engine in said first communications network is operative for changing the commutation format and modifying and prioritizing a data set and data update frequency scheme to fit within an allotted bandwidth through the router to the at least second communications network and transmitted to selected receivers based on which message type a receiver has subscribed and the decommutation engine at the second communications network decommutates the data and stores the new data with prioritized different data in the database at the second communications network based on the second commutations format.
9. A system according to claim 8, and further comprising a commutation format generator mechanism operative with the commutation database for updating the commutation database with a new commutation format.
10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the commutation format is changed based on a change in environment effecting the data stream.
11. A system according to claim 8, wherein the commutation format is changed based on changing data requirements at a receiver at the second communications network.
12. A system according to claim 8, wherein a change in commutation format is initiated by a receiver at the second communications network.
13. A system according to claim 8, wherein a change in commutation format is initiated by a transceiver at the first communications network.
14. A system according to claim 8, wherein said data transmitter comprises a distributed messaging system that provides communications among modules that generate and format data into a data stream based on a commutation format.
15. A method of propagating data among different communications networks comprising the steps of:
providing a first communications network having an output module and a commutation engine and a plurality of communications transceivers that communicate with each other and communicate through the commutation engine and output module to other communications networks;
sampling data received from the different communications transceivers and commutating data from the different communications transceivers within the first communications network into a serial data stream based on a first commutation format and in priority based on different message types as registered by each communications transceiver and outputting the data stream;
receiving the serial data stream within a router and transferring the data to a second communications network having a plurality of receivers with individual ones of said receivers subscribing to a selected message type and an input module for receiving the serial data stream and decommutation engine and based on the first commutation format, decommutating the data stream within the decommutation engine to replicate the data; and
changing the commutation format to a second commutation format based on a commutation database having commutation format definitions and commutation and decommutation tables and associated with the commutation and decommutation engines of first and second communications networks for prioritizing different data based on the message types from the communications transceivers in the first communications network, wherein said commutation engine in said first communications network is operative for changing received, sampled data into a second commutation format and modifying and prioritizing a data set and data update frequency scheme based on message types as registered by each communications transceiver to fit within an allotted bandwidth through the router to the at least second communications network and transmitting to selected receivers based on which message type a receiver has subscribed and at the second communications network, decommutating the data and storing the new data that is prioritized differently in a database at the second communications network in which the data is replicated based on the second commutation format.
16. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of sampling data and storing the sampled data within a database at the first communications network from which data is commutated.
17. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of storing communication definitions for a commutation format within a commutation database and updating the commutation database with a new commutation format.
18. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of providing multiple commutation formats for multiple receivers at the second communications network.
19. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of changing the commutation format based on a change in environment effecting the data stream.
20. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of changing the commutation format based on changing data requirements at a receiver at the second communications network.
21. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of initiating a change in commutation format from a receiver that receives the serial data stream at the second communications network.
22. A method according to claim 15, and further comprising the step of initiating a change in commutation format from a transceiver that transmits the data stream at the first communications network.
23. A method of propagating data among different communications networks comprising the steps of:
sampling data from different communications transceivers of a first communications network that communicate to each other;
storing the sampled data within a database of the first communications network;
commutating data from the database into a serial data stream based on a first commutation format that prioritizes different data types received from the different communications transceivers based on different message types as registered by each communications transceiver;
propagating the commutated data as prioritized based on the different message types through a router over a communications channel to a receiver as an input module that is part of a second communications network having a plurality of receivers with individual ones of said receivers subscribing to a selected message type;
decommutating the commutated data at the second communications network within a decommutation engine based on the first commutation format to replicate data of the database at the first communications network; and
changing the commutation format to a second commutation format based on a commutation database having commutation format definitions and commutation and decommutation tables and associated with the engines of first and second communications networks for prioritizing different data that is sampled from transceivers at the first communications network commutated and replicated at the receiver, wherein said commutation engine in said first communications network is operative for changing the commutation format and modifying and prioritizing a data set and data update frequency scheme based on message types as registered by each communications transceiver to fit within an allotted bandwidth through the router to the at least second communications network and transmitting to selected receivers based on which message type a receiver has subscribed and at the second communications network, decommutating the data and storing the new data that is prioritized different data in a database at the second communications network that replicates the data based on the second commutation format.
24. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of changing the commutation format based on congestion within the communications channel.
25. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of decommutating data at the receiver at the second communications network based on the commutation format of transmitted data.
26. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of storing commutation definitions for a commutation format within a commutation database and updating the commutation database with a new commutation format.
27. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of providing multiple commutation formats for multiple receivers at the second communications network.
28. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of changing the commutation format based on a change in environment effecting the serial data stream.
29. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of changing the commutation format based on changing data requirements at the receiver at the second communications network.
30. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of initiating a change in commutation format from a receiver at the second communications network that receives the data stream.
31. A method according to claim 23, and further comprising the step of initiating a change in commutation format from a transceiver that transmits the data stream from the first communications network.