COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SORBITAN MONOESTERS

• Main Authors: SEIDEN, PAUL, LIN, PETER YAU TAK, GRUBER, DAVID CAMMIADE, SANDERS, ROBERT ALAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.10.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DYES; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; ICE-CREAM; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; POLISHES; PREPARATION THEREOF; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

Described are sorbitan-containing compositions comprising relatively high levels of sorbitan monoesters. Such compositions have numerous applications, including uses in cosmetics, hard surface cleaners, shampoos, hair conditioners, personal cleaning products, lotions, fabric softeners, pharmaceutical compositions, ice creams, whip creams, other whipped topping, confectioneries, frostings, breads, baked goods, sauces, salad dressings, snacks, and dehydrated starch ingredients.