The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4° C. below the deposition temperature, wherein the temper hard fat has a solid fat content of at least 60 wt. % at 20° C., wherein the liquid oil has a solid fat content of less than 15 wt. % at 20° C., and wherein the fat blend has a saturated fatty acid residue content of from 16 to 42 wt. % and a polyunsaturated fatty acid residue content of less than 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of fatty acid residues of the fat blend.

The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4 ° C. below the deposition temperature, wherein the temper hard fat has a solid fat content of at least 60 wt. % at 20° C., wherein the liquid oil has a solid fat content of less than 15 wt. % at 20° C., and wherein the fat blend has a saturated fatty acid residue content of from 16 to 42 wt. % and a polyunsaturated fatty acid residue content of less than 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of fatty acid residues of the fat blend.

The present invention provides a method for preparing a filled bakery product, the method comprising: providing a filling composition comprising at least one powdered food ingredient and a fat blend comprising from 15 to 67 wt. % of a temper hard fat and from 85 to 33 wt. % of a liquid oil, tempering the filling composition to form a tempered filling composition, depositing the tempered filling composition on to at least one surface of a bakery product to form a filled bakery product, wherein the surface of the bakery product has a temperature of less than 36° C., and actively cooling the deposited filling composition, wherein in the step of depositing the tempered filling composition, the tempered filling composition is deposited at a deposition temperature of from 20 to 33° C. and, in the step of actively cooling the deposited filling composition, the deposited filling composition is cooled to a temperature of at least 4 ° C. below the deposition temperature, wherein the temper hard fat has a solid fat content of at least 60 wt. % at 20° C., wherein the liquid oil has a solid fat content of less than 15 wt. % at 20° C., and wherein the fat blend has a saturated fatty acid residue content of from 16 to 42 wt. % and a polyunsaturated fatty acid residue content of less than 40 wt. %, based on the total weight of fatty acid residues of the fat blend.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a cocoa biomass with a modified fat phase by mixing a cocoa biomass having a fat phase I with a vegetable fat having fat phase 2, thereby forming fat phase 3 in the cocoa biomass, followed by separating fat phase 3 from the cocoa biomass to a desired fat level of the cocoa biomass. The present invention also relates to fat compositions comprising said cocoa biomass with a modified fat phase and edible products comprising said cocoa biomass with a modified fat profile, and uses of the process.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a cocoa biomass with a modified fat phase by mixing a cocoa biomass having a fat phase I with a vegetable fat having fat phase 2, thereby forming fat phase 3 in the cocoa biomass, followed by separating fat phase 3 from the cocoa biomass to a desired fat level of the cocoa biomass. The present invention also relates to fat compositions comprising said cocoa biomass with a modified fat phase and edible products comprising said cocoa biomass with a modified fat profile, and uses of the process.

The present invention relates to a fat composition comprising triglycerides of which at least 75% is of the type Sat.sub.2O, and wherein in the fat composition: a) the content of St.sub.2O is 30% or less of the total fat, and b) the ratio (StOSt+StStO)/(POSt+PStO+StPO) is at least 0.95. The invention also relates to uses of the fat composition and to a coating compound, chocolate or chocolate-like product comprising the fat composition according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a fat composition comprising triglycerides of which at least 75% is of the type Sat.sub.2O, and wherein in the fat composition: a) the content of St.sub.2O is 30% or less of the total fat, and b) the ratio (StOSt+StStO)/(POSt+PStO+StPO) is at least 0.95. The invention also relates to uses of the fat composition and to a coating compound, chocolate or chocolate-like product comprising the fat composition according to the present invention.

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.

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.

A food sweetener is a powder having an average particle size of, at most, 1,500 μm and including pulverized dried fruit, vegetables or both fruit and vegetables. The powder, on a dry basis, has at least 30% wt and at most 70% wt of total sugars, and has a moisture content of from 1 to 6% by weight. Chocolate products may incorporate the powder and a method for producing the power is taught.