Patent ID: 7470445
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A23D,C11C

Abstract:
1. An oil or fat composition at least 85% by mass of which are triglycerides, wherein (a) the proportion of medium-chain fatty acids to all the fatty acids as constituents of the oil or fat composition is from 5 to 23% by mass, (b) the proportion of triglycerides having two medium-chain fatty acid residues in the molecule to all the triglycerides is from 1 to 20% by mass, and (c) the proportion of long-chain saturated fatty acids to all of the long-chain fatty acids as constituents of the oil or fat composition is at most 15% by mass, the oil or fat composition being obtained by transesterifying an edible oil or fat with a medium-chain fatty acid or a medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride, the oil or fat composition not containing any of sucrose fatty acid esters, polyglycerol fatty acid esters, succinic acid monoglycerides, sorbitol fatty acid esters and sorbitan fatty acid esters in a total amount of 0.1% by mass or more of the composition.