Patent ID: 8133526

Claim:
A fat composition comprising a triglyceride mixture, the constituent fatty acids of which are composed of: (a) 40-70% by weight of palmitic, stearic and arachidic acid residues (b) 25-60% by weight of oleic, linoleic, linolenic and C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues, of which not more than 15% by weight are C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues; and (c) 0-5% by weight of other fatty acid residues, of which not more than 3% by weight are behenic acid residues, wherein: the total content of S 2 U types of triglycerides is 35-90% by weight, the ratio SSU/SUS types of triglycerides is greater than 1, the total content of S 3 types of triglycerides is not more than 15% by weight, where S=saturated fatty acids and U=unsaturated fatty acids, and said fat composition contains at least 1% by weight of one or more high melt fatty components selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more triglycerides of C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues, (ii) S 3 types of triglycerides and (iii) sorbitantristearate, and further wherein said fat composition exhibits an increase in solid fat content (SFC) at 20° C., compared to a corresponding composition without the one or more high melt fatty components, that is more than twice the increase in SFC at 35° C.