High stearic acid marinade

A marinade comprising from 50 to 99% by weight of a marinade oil blend and from 1 to 50% by weight of one or more other ingredients selected from herbs, spices, salt and vegetables, wherein the marinade oil blend comprises:

• (i) from 1 to 10% by weight of a fat composition of comprising:
• from 72% to 79% by weight stearic acid;
• from 8% to 16% by weight oleic acid;
• and
• from 4% to 8% by weight palmitic acid;
• the percentages of the acids referring to acids bound as acyl groups in glycerides in the fat composition and being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids;
• and
• from 45% to 65% by weight of StStSt triglycerides and greater than 10% by weight of PSt2 triglycerides based on total triglycerides present in the composition,
• a weight ratio of PSt2:StStSt triglycerides from 0.20 to 0.35,
• from 0.5% to 2% by weight of P2St triglycerides, and
• less than 1% by weight of PPP triglycerides,
• wherein P is palmitic acid and St is stearic acid, and
• wherein the fat composition has an N0 value of from 80 to 95, an N10 value of from 80 to 90, an N20 value of from 80 to 90, an N35 value of from 65 to 85, and an N40 value of from 60 to 80, and
• (ii) from 90 to 99% by weight of liquid oil, wherein the liquid oil is selected from rapeseed oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, olive oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, coconut oil, palm oil and mixtures thereof.