The present technology generally relates to methods of making cocoa butter-derived products that comprise cannabinoids. The present technology further generally relates to cocoa butter-derived products resulting from such methods.

Disclosed are techniques and systems for producing microbials having anaplerotic oils that are rich in odd-chain fatty acids, and other beneficial components, at higher concentrations than those present in other natural dietary sources of OCFA, at lower cost, and higher production yield. Further, disclosed are examples of incorporation of these higher concentration OCFA products into food for human and non-human animal consumption.

The invention relates to an edible dispersion having a Bostwick value of at least 4 at 15° C., wherein: 1 wt. %<H3<6 wt. %; 1 wt. %<H2U<20 wt. %; and wherein at least 30 wt. % of the H3 triglycerides consist of monoacid triglycerides; H representing long-chain saturated fatty acids containing at least 16 carbon atoms and U representing cis-unsaturated fatty acids.

A process for the preparation of an edible fat slurry containing oil and solid fat particles of hardstock fat, in which said slurry is made by adding a melted hardstock fat to cold liquid oil in a vessel over a period of time. The invention also relates to a process for turning such slurry into an oil-continuous emulsion.

Provided is a novel application of a starch decomposition product. The present technology provides a modifier that includes a starch decomposition product in which the content with a glucose polymerization degree (DP) of 8 to 19 is 32% or more, and the content with a glucose polymerization degree (DP) of 20 or more is 30% or less, and is configured to partially or completely crystallize the starch decomposition product together with raw materials of a target product, thereby modifying qualities of the target product. The modifier used in the present technology can modify qualities of a target product, such as humidity resistance, solidifying properties, gelling properties, shape retainability, plasticity, whiteness, water separation resistance, oil separation resistance, mouthfeel, tactile sensation, aftertaste, creaming properties, heat resistance, thickening properties, and aging resistance.

The invention relates to an edible water-in-oil emulsion comprising a fat-phase comprising a first hardstock and a second hardstock, wherein said fat-phase has a total amount of hardstock of from 2 to 60 wt. %, based on the total weight of the fat-phase, and a water-phase, wherein part of the water-phase is dispersed as droplets, wherein the droplets are stabilized by said first hardstock; and wherein part of the water-phase is dispersed as droplets, wherein the droplets are stabilized by said second hardstock, wherein said first hardstock comprises more than 25% of HHH-triglycerides, and a combined amount of H2U and H2M triglycerides of not more than 110% of the HHH-triglycerides of said first hardstock, wherein said second hardstock comprises less than 22% of HHH-triglycerides, and a combined amount of H2U and H2M triglycerides of more than 140% of the HHH-triglycerides of said second hardstock, wherein H denotes saturated chains with 16 or more carbon atoms or an elaidic acid residue, wherein U denotes unsaturated chains and wherein M denotes saturated chains with 14 or less carbon atoms. The invention further relates to a process for the manufacture of such edible water-in-oil emulsions.

A low sugar content sweet food spread is provided said food spread comprising at least one of a cocoa product and a nut product, at least one vegetable oil and at least one sweetener. The at least one vegetable oil is substantially free or free of palm oil and the sugar content of the spread is less than about 20% by weight of the total spread. The food spread possesses excellent properties and is advantageously spreadable at low temperature.

A fat spread product including: at least 5% by weight of water; and from 10% to 95% by weight of a fat composition, wherein the fat composition included: from 10% to 100% by weight of an intraesterified fat or an interesterified fat blend, including HSHO sunflower oil or a fraction derived from HSHO sunflower oil; at most 85% by weight of at least one liquid oil or liquid oil mixture; and at most 5% by weight of at least one fat soluble additive.

The invention relates to a new cocoa butter composition, to a new process for obtaining same by one or more fractional molecular distillation procedures, and to the specific fractions obtained.

The invention relates to a compacted microporous fat powder that can suitably be used as an oil structuring agent. The compacted microporous fat powder has a freely settled density in the range of 90-600 g/l; a particle size distribution with at least 90 vol. % of the particles having a diameter in the range of 20 to 600 μm; a maximum G′.sub.i/G′.sub.d ratio of more than 2.0, wherein G′ represents the elastic modulus at 10° C. of a dispersion of 2 wt. % of the compacted fat powder in glycerol, and wherein the maximum ratio is determined by recording G′.sub.i whilst increasing the frequency from 0.1 to 15 s.sup.−1, by subsequently recording G′.sub.d whilst decreasing said frequency from 15 to 0.1 s.sup.−1 and by calculating the ratio G′.sub.i/G′.sub.d at the frequency at which said ratio is highest.