The present invention relates to a fat-based filling comprising fat, sugar and micronized cereal bran, preferably micronized wheat bran. In particular the invention relates to a sugar reduced fat-based filling comprising fat, sugar and micronized cereal bran, preferably micronized wheat bran. The present invention further relates to a food composition comprising the fat-based filling of the present invention. The present invention further relates to the use of micronized cereal bran, in particular micronized wheat bran, to reduce sugar content of a fat-based filling.

The present invention relates to an oil-in-water-emulsified food product comprising: Vegetable oil, Water, 0.01 to 1.5 wt % of extract of Morus alba, acid, wherein the extract of Morus alba comprises more than 0.6 wt %, based on the dry weight of the extract, of total polyphenols.

The present disclosure relates to a foodstuff composition, in particular a spreadable food composition, more in particular an olive oil-based functional spread fat composed by olive oil fortified with a functional ingredientthe olive pomace active ingredient. This functional ingredient is a mixture of bioactive compounds, in particular hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, sterols, tocopherols, triterpenes, coenzyme Q10, K, Mg and Ca, among others, obtained from olive pomace by mechanical pressing.

The present application relates to a composition for a gelled food including vegetable cream, and a gelling agent which includes agar and guar gum, a gelled food including the composition for a gelled food, a method for preparing a composition for a gelled food, the method including (A) mixing a gelling agent which includes agar and guar gum in water to prepare a gelled product and (B) mixing the gelled product with vegetable cream to prepare a mixture, and a method for producing a gelled food, the method including heat sterilizing a composition for a gelled food produced by the method for producing a composition for a gelled food.

Provided is an easy and efficient technique for obtaining a solid-oil-and-fat-containing composition by solidifying, without separating, a liquid oil-and-fat mixture composed of a solid fat and a liquid oil. A liquid oil-and-fat mixture containing a solid fat and a liquid oil is hardened in the presence of an oil-and-fat hardening agent containing cellulose.

The present invention relates to a process of compacting a microporous fat powder, notably a microporous fat powder that can suitably be used as an oil structuring agent.

One aspect of the invention relates to a process for compacting a microporous fat powder, said process comprising: feeding the fat powder into the feed zone of an extruder having a forwarding screw and a barrel within which said screw is centrally positioned; rotating said forwarding screw to advance said fat powder feed through a compacting zone of the extruder where the barrel comprises a plurality of venting openings having a shorter dimension that exceeds the volume weighted average diameter of the fat powder feed and that is less than 10 mm; and expelling the compacted fat powder from the extruder;
wherein the temperature of the fat powder during passage through the extruder is maintained below 40 C. and wherein the compaction factor achieved exceeds 1.5

Another aspect of the invention relates to a compacted microporous fat powder having the following characteristics: 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 m; 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.

An oxidatively stable comestible that includes a comestible base containing an oil, an acidulant, and optionally an egg yolk or an egg yolk substitute, and up to 750 ppm of tannic acid blended into the comestible base, based on a total weight of the oxidatively stable comestible. A method of preparing the oxidatively stable comestible involving blending the tannic acid into an aqueous phase comprising the egg yolk or the egg yolk substitute to form a treated aqueous phase, adding the acidulant to the treated aqueous phase to form an acidified aqueous phase, and adding an oil phase comprising the oil into the acidified aqueous phase and blending.

A method comprising: (a) bringing water and oil to a temperature above the melting point of the oil; (b) combining oil and water in a ratio (W/W) between 2:1 and 5.7:1 (c) adding 0.5% to 2% W/W of Canna arrowroot powder relative to total weight of oil and water; (e) mixing to form an emulsion.

An edible and thermoreversible oleogel comprising an oil or mixture of oils, grease or mixtures of fats and a structuring agent or mixture of structuring agents on the basis of a distilled monoglyceride of saturated fatty acid having from 12 to 24 carbon atoms that contains more than 90% by weight of monoglycerides, the monoglycerides of the saturated fatty acid are at least 40% by weight of monoglycerides of stearic acid and at least 30% by weight of monoglycerides of palmitic acid. The oleogel is prepared by the combination of oil, grease, and the structuring agent followed by a heating of the mixture, which is then cooled to obtain the oleogel. The resulting oleogel can be used as a substitute for fat in food products.

A spreadable plant oil based product is described to include a plant based liquid oil blended with a structuring oil to provide a spreadable product at refrigerated temperatures and a spreadable and stable product at room temperatures. In one or more aspects, the spreadable product is processed with mixing, cooling, shearing, and aeration techniques to provide spreadability not found through mixture of the ingredients alone.