MXPA00002750A - A food spray containing grape seed oil - Google Patents

Abstract

An oil-based food and cooking spray which may be sprayed on food to provide flavoring and/or on cookware to prevent food from sticking to the cookware surfaces which uses grape seed oil as its major ingredient. The grape seed oil imparts a high smoke point and low flammability properties to the spray, and is known to be health enhancing.

Description

FOOD SPRAYER CONTAINING GRAPE SEED OIL Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a composition that is used in the preparation of food, which is provided in the form of a sprayer. The food sprayer composition is an oil-based food sprayer which can be sprayed onto food, to provide flavor and / or on a cooking vessel to prevent food from sticking to the surface of the cooking container.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Flavor sprinklers for food, with or without lecithin, are commonly used to add flavor to salads, pasta, fish, meat, etc., and are sprayed directly onto food. Similarly, cooking sprays, with or without flavors, are typically applied to frying pans, baking pans, grills, and similar surfaces, to prevent food from sticking to surfaces and therefore is facilitated. cleaning the surfaces and avoiding damage to the surface of the food, such as would occur if the parts of the food surface stick to the cooking vessel or utensil surfaces. Generally, food sprays consist of an edible oil and a flavoring. Lecithin is also included in the case of sprinklers for cooking, where the anti-stick feature is desirable.

A molecule of lecithin has a hydrophobic end and a hydrophilic end which prevents the food from sinking into the pan. The oil is usually peanut oil, sesame oil, olive oil, corn oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil or a mixture of these oils. Examples of flavors added to this oil are butter, garlic, mesquite, etc. Normally sprinklers are supplied either in aerosol cans or in a pump-type container. When supplied in an aerosol can (by far the most widely used supply system), a propellant such as hydrocarbon gas, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide or other propellants for approved foods is used. Sometimes other additives are also used to avoid the generation of foam. The main problem with these conventional sprinklers is that the oils used have a relatively low smoking point and, when the oil that is on the surface of the cooking vessel is heated to a temperature high enough to roast the surface of the food, the oil sprayed on top, tends to smoke and fill the kitchen with odors of burned oil. In addition to having an unpleasant odor, you can misalign the alarms used to detect smoke from fires. In restaurants this smell is especially unpleasant for reasons of environment. Therefore, it is desirable in the art to provide a sprayer that flavors food and a cooking sprayer that can be used to flavor the food and / or to help make the pan "anti-stick" and that has a higher smoking point (preferably at least 245 ° C) and a low degree of flammability and which is also known to contribute to improving health.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a composition and methods for use in the preparation of foods, preferably provided in the form of a food sprayer or a cooking sprayer which uses, as a main ingredient, a grape seed oil. The grape seed oil is comprised in a range of from at least about 20% to about 98% by weight of the composition. The composition may additionally include at least one of the flavoring agents, lecithin (from about 1-6%), an edible oil other than grapeseed oil, a propellant (above about 25%), and an anti-foam agent . Grapeseed oil, provides the advantages of a superior smoking point, low flammability, high polyunsaturated fatty acids, fatty acids without "trans", very low saturated fatty acids and a mild flavor that does not interfere with the desirable flavors of the flavoring additives. Additionally, grape seed oil contains bioflavinoids and with the addition of lecithin, it also provides anti-adherent properties which are desirable in a kitchenware sprayer. In addition, it has been discovered that grape seed oil provides many health benefits, due to its different constituents. From the description that follows, other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent.

Detailed Description of Preferred Modes Grapeseed oil has the highest content of polyunsaturated fatty acids among commonly used food oils and has non-trans fatty acids without cholesterol and very low amounts of saturated fatty acids. The advantage of using grape seed oil in food preparation compositions, such as flavor sprays and cooking sprays, compared to other available oils, is indicated by its composition compared to the composition of many other oils. Specifically, grape seed oil has a unique combination of desirable properties: 1) upper smoking point; 2) high polyunsaturated fatty acids; 3) non-trans fatty acids 4) very low saturated fatty acids 5) very mild flavor (does not interfere with other flavors) 6) contains bioflavinoids The upper smoking point of grape seed oil, for example, 485 ° F ( 250 ° C), allows the cooking vessel to be heated to a temperature high enough to roast meats and fish without generating smoke in questionable quantities. By virtue of these advantages, the present invention uses grape seed oil as the carrier oil in a composition of matter used in the preparation of food. The composition is preferably provided in the form of a sprayer and can be used as a sprayer for cooking, to prevent food from sticking to the surfaces of the cooking vessel or as a sprayer for flavoring food, for seasoning salads, pasta, fish, meat, bread and others. Therefore, grapeseed oil serves as the carrier oil for flavoring additives in sprinklers to flavor food and for lecithin in cooking sprinklers. The formulas below, with incorporated lecithin if desired, are examples of the preferred aerosol flavor spray compositions according to the present invention: Example 1 Grape seed qceite (w / w) 90 - 97.75% nitrous oxide or 2 - 6% carbon dioxide propellant flavor 0.25 - 4% Example 2 Grapeseed oil 25-35% other edible oils 62-65% nitrous oxide or 2-6% carbon dioxide propellant flavor 0.25 - 4% Example 3 Grape seed oil 75 - 87.75% Hydrocarbon propellant 10 - 25% Flavor 0.25 - 4% Example 4 grapeseed oil »25% other edible oils 50-62.75% hydrocarbon propellant 10-25% flavor 0.25% - 4% (all weight percentages are approximate) Similarly, to each of the above examples of cooking sprays according to the present invention, between about 2-6% (w / w) of lecithin is added to provide the sprayer with an anti-stick feature . The amount of oil that is inside the formulation is reduced by the amount of added lecithin. Additionally, an antifoam agent can be added to the composition. Suitable antifoam agents that can be used include an alcohol, silica, siloxane and licorice extract. Below is another example of the sprinkler formulations for cooking according to the present invention: Example 5 grape seed oil 85 - 94% nitrous oxide or 3-7% carbon dioxide propellant lecithin 3 - 6% flavorings 0 - 1% antiespuma 0 - 1%? Example 6 Grape seed oil 67 - 82% Hydrocarbon propellant 10 - 25% Lecithin 3 - 6% Flavoring 0 - 1% Antifoam 0 - 1% Example 7 grape seed oil 68 - 82% lecithin 3 - 6% nitrous oxide or 3-7% carbon dioxide propellant ethanol for antifoam 12 - 18% flavorings 0 - 1% other antifoam agents 0 - 1% (all weight percentages are approximate) In each of Examples 5 to 7, other oils can be mixed with the grape seed oil, where the smoking point is lowered to an intermediate level which can be useful for certain purposes. In such cases, the grape seed oil comprises at least about 25% (w / w) of the oil mixture. To provide extra-fine coverage, approximately 1-5% high-pressure hydrocarbon may be added to the nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide propellant, while the oil component in each is decreased by the same amount. Examples 1 through 8, as shown above. This small amount of hydrocarbon does not substantially increase the flammability of the sprayer. In addition, although a hydrocarbon propellant content in the range of 10-25%, contributes to a sprinkler being more flammable, it is still acceptable according to several US government regulations, if the label has a "flammable" warning. . When the sprayer is to be supplied in a pump spray type supply system, the propellant may be omitted from each of the above formulations, provided that the other contents are increased in equivalent amounts. Below is a partial list of some of the ingredients that may be included in the sprinklers for flavoring the food and for cooking of the present invention, together with the function performed by each of said ingredients in the list. grape seed oil conveyor, top smoking point lecithin anti-adhesion nitrous oxide propellant, flammable carbon dioxide propellant, flammable hydrocarbon propellant, to cover alcohol antifoam silica antifoam a siloxane antifoam licorice extract antifoam a hydrocarbon no propellant antifoam Notwithstanding that the present invention has been described in relation to the particular embodiments thereof, many other variations and modifications and other uses for those skilled in the art will become apparent. Therefore, it is preferable that the present invention is not limited by the specific description contained in the present invention, but only by the appended claims.

Claims (24)

R E I V I N D I C A C I O N S Having described the present invention, it is considered as a novelty and, therefore, the content of the following CLAIMS is claimed as property:

1. A spray-shaped composition for use in food preparation, which contains grapeseed oil, at least one food flavoring agent and a propellant.

2. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least about 20% by weight of the composition.

3. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least about 20% by weight of the composition.

4. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least from about 75% to about 98% by weight of the composition.

5. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least 1% by weight of lecithin.

6. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least between about 3% to about 6% by weight of lecithin.

7. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least one edible oil other than grapeseed oil.

8. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the propellant comprises between about 1% to 25% by weight of the composition.

9. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the propellant comprises between about 1% to 10% by weight of the composition.

10. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that the propellant is a food grade propellant.

11. The composition as described in Claim 10, further characterized in that the propellant is selected from the group consisting of a propellant of hydrocarbon, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide and combinations thereof.

12. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least one antifoaming agent for food.

13. The composition as described in Claim 12, further characterized in that the antifoam agent is selected from the group consisting of alcohol, non-propellant hydrocarbon, silica, a siloxane extract and licorice.

14. The composition as described in Claim 1, further characterized in that it has a smoking point of at least about 245 ° C.

15. A composition supplied by means of a pump sprayer for use in food preparation comprising grapeseed oil and at least one food flavoring agent.

16. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least about 20% by weight of the composition.

17. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least about 60% by weight of the composition.

18. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that the grape seed oil comprises at least about 75% to 98% by weight of the composition.

19. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least about 1% by weight of lecithin.

20. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that it additionally comprises between about 3% to 6% by weight of lecithin.

21. The composition as described in Claim 15, further characterized in that it additionally comprises at least one edible oil other than grapeseed oil.

22. A food flavoring method further comprising a composition comprising at least grapeseed oil and a food flavoring agent.

23. A method for preventing food from sticking to a surface of the cooking vessel, comprising the application of a composition comprising at least grapeseed oil and lecithin to the surface of the cooking vessel.

24. A method for cooking food comprising: applying a composition comprising at least grapeseed oil and lecithin to a surface of the cooking vessel; placement of the food that will be cooked, on the surface of the cooking vessel to which the composition has been applied; application of heat to the food at a temperature and for a sufficient time to cook the food; and removal of food from the surface of the cooking vessel.