Fuel compositions with enhanced cold properties and methods of making the same

A method of making a diesel fuel blend having enhanced cold properties, the method comprising:

• selecting a renewable fuel component and a mineral middle distillate fuel component having cloud points that differ by no more than a pre-selected temperature value;
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• blending the selected renewable fuel component and the selected mineral middle distillate fuel component to form a diesel fuel blend that comprises an amount of iso-paraffins in a C14-C20 range and an amount of n-paraffins in a C14-C20 range such that a ratio of a sum of wt % amounts of the iso-paraffins in the C14-C20 range to a sum of wt % amounts of the n-paraffins in the C14-C20 range is less than or equal to 2.2.

A diesel fuel blend comprising:

• a renewable fuel component and a mineral middle distillate fuel component in which the renewable fuel component and mineral middle distillate fuel component are present in the diesel fuel blend;
• and
• the diesel fuel blend having an amount of n-paraffins in a C14-C20 range and an amount of iso-paraffins in the C14-C20 range such that a ratio of a sum of wt % amounts of the iso-paraffins in the C14-C20 range to a sum of wt % amounts of the n-paraffins in the C14-C20 range is less than or equal to 2.2.

A fuel blend comprising:

• a renewable fuel component and a mineral middle distillate fuel component;
• and
• the fuel blend of the renewable fuel component and the mineral middle distillate fuel component having an amount of n-paraffins in a C14-C20 range and an amount of iso-paraffins in the C14-C20 range such that a ratio of a sum of wt % amounts of the iso-paraffins in the C14-C20 range to a sum of wt % amounts of the n-paraffins in the C14-C20 range is less than or equal to 2.2.