Crumble pieces comprising plant-sourced lipid and inulin

A process of preparing crumble pieces comprising plant-sourced lipid and inulin comprising:

• mixing a plant-sourced lipid composition in liquid form with an inulin gel composition to provide a liquid lipid/inulin composition comprising from about 5% to about 60% inulin gel;
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• reducing the temperature of the liquid lipid/inulin composition with continued mixing to a temperature such that the phase of the lipid/inulin composition changes from liquid to sufficiently solid that the lipid/inulin composition fractures into discrete plant-sourced lipid and inulin crumble pieces.

Plant-sourced lipid and inulin crumble pieces comprising

• a plant-sourced lipid composition and an inulin gel having a lipid/inulin gel weight ratio of from about 5 wt % to about 60 wt % in the form of discrete plant-sourced lipid and inulin crumble pieces, wherein at least 90% of the discrete plant-sourced lipid and inulin crumble pieces have a particle size of from 1.5 mm to 26 mm.