Patent ID: 7682644

Claim:
A fat and oil composition for spreads composed of a continuous fat and oil phase and a water phase, characterized in that the fat and oil phase comprises: (a) a liquid-state fat and oil containing, as a main ingredient, medium chain fatty acid triglycerides having fatty acids with 8 to 10 carbon atoms bound to the 1-, 2-, and 3-positions in an amount of not less than 10% by mass of the total constitutional fatty acids; (b) a low melting transesterified fat and oil prepared from 45-75 parts by mass of a palm based fat and oil wherein the palm based fat and oil comprises palm oil, palm olein, two-step fractionated palm olein, palmstearin, middle melting point fraction of palm oil, or those obtained by hydrogenating, fractionating, and transesterifying these, and 55 to 25 parts by mass of the liquid state fat and oil; and (c) a solid-form fat and oil having an open tube melting point under increasing temperature of 38° C. or higher.