The Procter Gamble Company

James M Robertson

Deborah Jean Back

Donald Benjamin Appleby

Peter Yau-Tak Lin

Steven Robert Baker

Disclosed herein are shortening compositions comprising from about 40% to about 90% sucrose polyester, by weight, wherein said shortening compositions may comprise, based on total weight of the shortening composition, a Solid Fat Index of from about 5% to about 10% solids at 40&#xb0; C. and a Firmness of from about 90,000 Pa to about 1,500,000 Pa.

Shortening compositions

Disclosed herein are compositions that include a blend of sucrose polyesters, wherein each sucrose polyester includes a sucrose moiety and a plurality of fatty acid ester moieties, wherein from about 50% to about 90%, by weight, of the combined fatty acid ester moieties of the sucrose polyesters in the blend are palmitic fatty acid ester moieties.

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Kansas City, MO, United States of America

James M Robertson