Abstract: The invention relates to fat blends of a relatively high palm oil content which fat blends are suitable for the preparation of food spreads, particularly margarine, and comprise a co-randomized and a non-randomized part, the co-randomized part comprising a palm-based fat, a lauric fat and a trans-containing fat, the non-randomized part containing such fats that the total fat blend contains well-defined proportions of saturated long-chain fatty acids, mono-trans long-chain fatty acids and saturated short-chain fatty acids. The fat blends of the invention are rapidly crystallizing even when they contain a relatively high proportion of slowly crystallizing palm oil.