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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Hirofumi Haruna, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroko Nakahara, Yokosuka, JP;
Atsushi Ohara, Yokosuka, JP;
The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a fat and oil composition for spreads having good oral solubility and spreadability without greasiness. A fat and oil composition for spreads of the present invention is composed of a continuous fat and oil phase and a water phase, characterized in that the fat and oil phase comprises (a) a liquid-state fat and oil containing, as a main ingredient, triglycerides having fatty acids with 8 to 10 carbon atoms in an amount of not less than 10% by mass of the total constitutional fatty acids; (b) a low melting transesterified fat and oil obtained by subjecting 40 to 90 parts by mass of the palm based fat and oil and 60 to 10 parts by mass of a liquid-state fat and oil to transesterification with a 1,3-position-specific lipase; and (c) a solid-form fat and oil having an open-tube melting point under increasing temperature of 38° C. or higher.