Fuji Oil Company Limited

Atsushi Nago

Kazuhisa Yamada

Hirokazu Maeda

Hideki Baba

Akira Kurooka

Tadayuki Okada

Koji Asama

There is disclosed gas-incorporated chocolate, in particular, air-incorporated chocolate whose chocolate material requires tempering and comprises a polyglycerin fatty acid ester and lecithin, said chocolate material being subjected to tempering with a seed agent. Its production is also disclosed. The gas-incorporated chocolate has light mouthfeel without an oily taste and can be produced with a simple apparatus.

Gas-incorporated chocolate and its production

A hard butter composition is described that comprises 50 to 80% by weight of SUS type triglycerides, less than 2% by weight of SSS type triglycerides and at least 1% by weight of a polyglycerol fatty acid ester (wherein S's are saturated fatty acid residues which are substantially palmitic acid and/or stearic acid residues and U's are unsaturated fatty acid residues which are substantially C16 and/or C18 unsaturated fatty acids). The composition further comprises SSU type triglycerides in an amount of at least 15% by weight based on the total amount of SUS type triglycerides and SSU type triglycerides. The hard butter composition is a non-tempering type hard butter composition having good meltability in the mouth, which is free from trans acids and lauric acid. A process for producing the hard butter composition is also disclosed.

Hard butter composition and its production

A fat which comprises a soft fat obtained by fractionation of laurin fat having an iodine value of 30-40, a melting point of not higher than 15.degree. C., and SFI of 10-30 at 5.degree. C., 0-20 at 10.degree. C., 0-10 at 15.degree. C., and 0 at 20.degree. C. A food containing the same is also disclosed.

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