A film coating composition comprising a cellulosic polymer, an opacifying agent, and a fatty acid is disclosed herein. Also disclosed is a film coating composition comprising a cellulosic polymer, an opacifying agent, a plasticizing agent, and a polyol. The disclosed film coating compositions may be mixed with a solvent to produce a film coating suspension. The film coating suspension can be applied to a substrate, such as a nutritional supplement, pharmaceutical, tablet, capsule, softgel, granule, particle, food confectionary form, agricultural seed, and the like to form a film coating on the substrate. Methods of coating a substrate with the film coating suspensions are also provided.

The present invention relates to a barrier coating composition for coating frozen confection, comprising, expressed in weight % based on the total weight of the coating, 40-60 wt. % of a fat or fat blend, preferably 45-55 wt. %, said fat or fat blend comprising the following fatty acids: 45<=C16:0<=55 wt. %, 4<=C18:0<=10 wt. %, 30<=C18:1<=39 wt. %, 3<=C18:2<=7 wt. % linoleic acid, and said fat blend comprising a solid fat profile comprising: 75%<=N 0<=95%; 60%<=N 10<=90%; 30%<=N 20<=60%; 18%<=N 25<=35%; 0%<=N 30<=12%; and 0%<=N 35<=5%, and said barrier coating having yield stress of 0.90 to 1.65 Pa. The invention also relates to the use of such a fat or fat blend for barrier coatings, a method of preparing the coating composition and a wafer at least partly coated with the barrier coating.

The present invention relates to a stable emulsion of an aqueous phase in a lipid phase wherein non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids are present in the lipid phase, and wherein the emulsion has an improved pick-up behaviour. The present invention further relates to a process for making an emulsion and to uses thereof, especially in food products.

Disclosed is a chocolate spread or chocolate filling composition comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from hazelnut paste, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, cocoa powder, milk fat, milk powder, vanilla, and lecithin; 2% to 40% by weight of a fat composition; and 30% to 50% by weight of sugar, wherein the fat composition comprises at least 40% by weight of interesterified shea olein having an oleic acid content of at least 50% by weight and a stearic acid content of at least 25% by weight, based on the total C12 to C20 fatty acids present in the interesterified shea olein, and wherein the interesterified shea olein has a solid fat content of at least 10% at 10 C., at least 6% at 20 C., and at least 3% at 30 C.

Disclosed is a chocolate spread or chocolate filling composition comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from hazelnut paste, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, cocoa powder, milk fat, milk powder, vanilla, and lecithin; 2% to 40% by weight of a fat composition; and 30% to 50% by weight of sugar, wherein the fat composition comprises at least 40% by weight of interesterified shea olein having an oleic acid content of at least 50% by weight and a stearic acid content of at least 25% by weight, based on the total C12 to C20 fatty acids present in the interesterified shea olein, and wherein the interesterified shea olein has a solid fat content of at least 10% at 10 C., at least 6% at 20 C., and at least 3% at 30 C.

The invention relates to a composition for coating a frozen confection, the composition comprising, expressed in weight % based on the total weight of the coating, 30 to 80 wt % of fat, which comprises a fat blend of hard fat and liquid oil, and 20 to 70 wt % of non-fat solids, wherein, the coating composition comprises, less than 25 wt % of saturated fatty acid, 10-60 wt %, preferably 20-40% of monounsaturated fatty acid and less than 10%, preferably less than 5% of polyunsaturated fatty acid, and wherein, the saturated fatty acid comprises between 12-24C-atoms and the unsaturated fatty acid contains 18C-atoms or more than 18C-atoms. The invention also relates to a process of making this composition and a frozen confection at least partly coated with the composition.

The invention relates to a composition for coating a frozen confection, the composition comprising, expressed in weight % based on the total weight of the coating, 30 to 80 wt % of fat, which comprises a fat blend of hard fat and liquid oil, and 20 to 70 wt % of non-fat solids, wherein, the coating composition comprises, less than 25 wt % of saturated fatty acid, 10-60 wt %, preferably 20-40% of monounsaturated fatty acid and less than 10%, preferably less than 5% of polyunsaturated fatty acid, and wherein, the saturated fatty acid comprises between 12-24C-atoms and the unsaturated fatty acid contains 18C-atoms or more than 18C-atoms. The invention also relates to a process of making this composition and a frozen confection at least partly coated with the composition.

A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.

A method of preparing a composite foodstuff is provided and comprises providing a core, providing a barrier composition and applying the barrier composition to at least a portion of the core and providing a fat based coating having a lower fat content than the core. The fat based coating is applied to the barrier coated cores. The hardness of the fat based coating does not decrease over a period of storage.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a frozen confection comprising providing a frozen confection to be coated, providing a liquid coating composition which comprises less than 25% of saturated fatty acids and which solidifies in a two-step crystallization at a temperature of 15 C., at least partly coating the frozen confection, letting the coating composition perform a first crystallization event, and letting the at least partly coated frozen confection perform a second crystallization event. The invention also relates to a at least partly coated frozen confection obtained by this method of manufacturing.