There is provided composition comprising i) a thermoplastic polymer ii) a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from an acyl group or a hydrogen atom, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is an acyl group (a short acyl group) having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is a branched chain acyl group (a long acyl group) consisting of a saturated chain having 10 to 20 carbon atoms and a hydrophilic branch group.
RELATED APLLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/642,480, filed Aug. 18, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,734,241, which is a continuation-in-part of Danisco A/S or Nielsen, PCT/IB00/01773, filed Aug. 9, 2000 with the International Bureau of WIPO designating the United States. This application also claims priority from U.S. application Ser. No. 60/167,923 filed Nov. 29, 1999, and United Kingdom Application 9919683.4, filed Aug. 19, 1999. Each of these applications and patents and each document cited or referenced in each of these applications and patents, including during any prosecution ("application cited documents"), and each document cited or referenced in each of the application cited documents, are hereby incorporated herein by reference. In addition, each document cited in this text ("herein cited documents") and each document cited or referenced in each of the herein cited documents, and each product data sheet for each commercially available product mentioned herein, are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
