Assertion: partial glyceride | /r/HasProperty | b
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text: The present invention has attained the foregoing object by providing a plant sterol-containing fat composition comprising a plant sterol fatty acid ester (A); and from 10 to 70% by weight of a partial glyceride (B).
text: The fatty acid constituting the partial glyceride (B) has no particular restriction, and mention may be made of the same fatty acids as the fatty acids exemplified above as the fatty acids constituting the plant sterol fatty acid ester (A).
text: It is preferable that the fatty acid composition constituting the partial glyceride (B) is substantially the same as the fatty acid composition constituting the plant sterol fatty acid ester (A).
text: The partial glyceride (B) is contained in the plant sterol-containing fat composition in an amount of from 10 to 70% by weight, preferably from 15 to 65% by weight, and more preferably from 20 to 60% by weight.
text: If the content of the partial glyceride (B) is less than 10% by weight, undesirably, the amount of an emulsifier to be added cannot be reduced when the composition is used for an emulsion product, so that the flavor of the emulsion product cannot be improved.
text: The plant sterol-containing fat composition of the present invention may contain, in addition to the plant sterol fatty acid ester (A) and the partial glyceride (B), one or more than one selected from free plant sterols, free plant stanols, triglycedes, and free fatty acids.
text: In the present invention, when the triglyceride is contained, the weight ratio B/D of the partial glyceride (B) to the triglyceride (D) is preferably 4 or less, further preferably 3.5 or less, and more preferably 3 or less.
text: Since the plant sterol-containing fat composition of the present invention contains the plant sterol fatty acid ester (A) and from 10 to 70% by weight of the partial glyceride (B), it ensures not only the cholesterol absorption inhibiting effect, but also the reduction in amount of an emulsifier to be added or absolutely no addition thereof when used for an emulsion product.