Abstract: A process for producing a fat blend, usable as hardstock in margarine and W/O spreads, comprising interesterifying a fat mixture comprising 30-55% liquid vegetable oil and 45-70% of a fat having at least 80% saturated fatty acids of a chain length of 16 C-atoms or more, and fractionating the interesterified product to obtain an olein fraction having a solid fat content of ##EQU1## A fat blend obtainable by this process, a margarine fat containing such fatblends and a fatproduct, in particular a margarine or W/O spread containing this margarine fat, or this fatblend.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2000
Assignee:
Van Den Bergh Foods Co., divison of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Hindrik Huizinga, Marcelle van den Kommer, Cornelis Laurentius Sassen, Leo Frans Vermaas