Fat compositions

A fat composition comprising a triglyceride mixture, the constituent fatty acids of which are composed of:

• (a) 40-70% by weight of palmitic, stearic and arachidic acid residues
• (b) 25-60% by weight of oleic, linoleic, linolenic and C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues, of which not more than 15% by weight are C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues;
• and
• (c) 0-5% by weight of other fatty acid residues, of which not more than 3% by weight are behenic acid residues,
• wherein:
• the total content of S2U types of triglycerides is 35-90% by weight,
• the ratio SSU/SUS types of triglycerides is greater than 1,
• the total content of S3 types of triglycerides is not more than 15% by weight, where S=saturated fatty acids and U=unsaturated fatty acids, and
• said fat composition contains at least 1% by weight of one or more high melt fatty components selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more triglycerides of C18-trans-unsaturated fatty acid residues, (ii) S3 types of triglycerides and (iii) sorbitantristearate,
• and further wherein said fat composition exhibits an increase in solid fat content (SFC) at 20° C., compared to a corresponding composition without the one or more high melt fatty components, that is more than twice the increase in SFC at 35° C.