Unilever Patent Holdings B.v.

Conopco, Inc.

Kevin Warren Smith

Frederick William Cain

Paul Thomas Quinlan

Willem Dekker

Geoffrey Talbot

Jeffrey Underdown

Reginaldus Petrus Van Der Wielen

Julia Helen Greenacre

James Vincent Watts

Kevin Michael Dilley

Paul Hepburn

A frozen aerated confection having an overrun of at least 40% and a fat component in an amount of 2 to 20% (by weight of the frozen aerated confection), said fat component comprising triglycerides of fatty acids wherein no more than 55% (by weight of the fatty acids) of the fatty acids in the triglycerides are saturated, less than 8% (by weight of the triglycerides) of the triglycerides are long chain SSS triglycerides; characterized in that the ratio of the percentage of fat that is solid at 5&#xb0; C. to the percentage of the fatty acids in the triglycerides that are saturated (by weight of the fatty acids) is greater than 1 and in that the fat component comprises at most 60% (by weight) cocoa butter or shea nut oil.

Frozen aerated confections

Blends of a natural wax, such as sunflower wax and glyceride materials, substantially being triglycerides and having an N20>20 display excellent properties when applied in barrier layers for compound food products.

Blends for barrier layers for food products

Blends of wax-esters with beneficial health properties comprise: .gtoreq. two different wax-esters in amounts of 5-95% and each having m.pt -10.degree. C. to 80.degree. C. blend displaying m.pt: 15 to 45% while &gt;80 wt % of wax-esters in blend have m.pt 20 to 60.degree. C.; wax-esters derived from linear alcohols and linear carboxyl acids either of them having .gtoreq.8 C-atoms.

Wax ester compositions

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