Frozen aerated confections
A frozen aerated confection having an overrun of at least 40% and a fat component in an amount of 2 to 20% (by weight of the frozen aerated confection), said fat component comprising triglycerides of fatty acids wherein no more than 55% (by weight of the fatty acids) of the fatty acids in the triglycerides are saturated, less than 8% (by weight of the triglycerides) of the triglycerides are long chain SSS triglycerides; characterized in that the ratio of the percentage of fat that is solid at 5° C. to the percentage of the fatty acids in the triglycerides that are saturated (by weight of the fatty acids) is greater than 1 and in that the fat component comprises at most 60% (by weight) cocoa butter or shea nut oil.
1. A frozen aerated confection having an overrun of at least 40% and a fat component in an amount of 2 to 20% (by weight of the frozen aerated confection), said fat component comprising triglycerides of fatty acids wherein:
no more than 55% (by weight of the fatty acids) of the fatty acids in the triglycerides are saturated;
less than 6% (by weight of the triglycerides) of the triglycerides are long chain SSS triglycerides;
wherein the ratio of the percentage of fat that is solid at 5° C. to the percentage of the fatty acids in the triglycerides that are saturated (by weight of the fatty acids) is 1.2 or greater and in that the fat component comprises at most 60% (by weight) cocoa butter or shea nut oil.
2. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the sum of the percentages of SSU and SUU triglycerides (by weight of the triglycerides) is greater than 50%.
3. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of the percentage of SSU triglycerides (by weight of the triglycerides) to the percentage of the SUU triglycerides (by weight of the triglycerides) is greater than 1.
4. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of the percentage of SSU triglycerides (by weight of the triglycerides) to the percentage of the SUU triglycerides (by weight of the triglycerides) is less than 10.
5. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the fat component comprises at least 90% (by weight) vegetable fat.
6. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the total amount of saturated fatty acids (by weight of the fatty acids) is less than 50%.
7. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the total amount of saturated fatty acids (by weight of the fatty acids) is greater than 30%.
8. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 wherein the saturated fatty acids comprise at least 60% palmitic acid (by weight of the saturated fatty acids).
9. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 which comprises 5 to 12% fat component (by weight of the frozen aerated confection).
10. A frozen aerated confection according to claim 1 having an overrun of between 40% and 250%.