Lever Brothers Company

Hans Robert Kattenberg

Charles C Verburg

Laurentius A Verhagen

Cornelis Poot

The invention provides a fat product which notwithstanding a substantially high content of palm oil or palm oil derivates is suitable for preparing emulsion food spreads, e.g. margarine of acceptable hardness values. The fat product contains both co-randomized and non-randomized constituents derived from palm oil or provide 12-25% of SUS triglycerides and a weight ratio of SUS:SSU triglycerides within the range of 0.5 to 2.5.

Plastic fat product

The invention provides fat blends e.g. suitable for preparing margarines containing high porportions of palm-based fats, partly in co-randomised form, the fat blends having a ratio of PUP:PPU triglycerides of less than 2.8, the Sa.sub.3 content being greater than P.sub.2 U-8.

Margarine fat blend

The invention relates to improved fat compositions and emulsified food spreads, e.g. margarines prepared therefrom, as well as to processes for their preparation. The fat composition comprises a liquid vegetable oil of a high polyunsaturated fatty acid content on the one hand, e.g. sunflower and safflower oil, and a specific hardstock on the other hand. The hardstock should at least contain a bottom fraction of a substantially saturated hard fat, i.e. a fraction obtained by removing the higher melting constituents of a hard fat, preferably a hard fat which prior to fractionation had been interesterified. As compared with prior art products of a similar polyunsaturated fatty acid content, the fat compositions are harder and moreover after production they very much faster increase in hardness.

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Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Hans Robert Kattenberg