CHOCOLATE AND HARD BUTTER

摘要

Provided is a chocolate that can be molded into a block shape or a plate shape or granulated and which gently melts in the mouth. Also provided is a hard butter suitable for production of said chocolate. The chocolate has an oil and fat content of 25-65 mass % and the oil and fat fulfill conditions (1)-(5). (1) The SOS content is 60-86 mass %. (2) The POP content is 20-40 mass %. (3) The StOSt content is 10-25 mass %. (4) The POSt content is 15-30 mass %. (5) The liquid oil and fat content is 14-30 mass %.

主权项

1. A chocolate comprising
an oil-and/or-fat in a content of 25 to 65 mass %, wherein the oil-and/or-fat meets the following requirements (1) to (5): (1) an SOS content is 60 to 86 mass %; (2) a POP content is 20 to 40 mass %; (3) an StOSt content is 10 to 25 mass %; (4) a POSt content is 15 to 30 mass %; and (5) a liquid oil-and/or-fat content is 14 to 30 mass %, wherein SOS: a triglyceride on which oleic acid is bonded at a 2 position and a saturated fatty acid having a carbon number of not less than 16 is bonded at 1 and 3 positions; POP: 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-oleoylglycerin; StOSt: 1,3-distearoyl-2-oleoylglycerin; POSt: a triglyceride comprising an oleoyl group at a 2 position and comprising one palmitoyl group and one stearoyl group separately at 1 and 3 positions; and liquid oil-and/or-fat: a triglyceride on which a fatty acid having a carbon number of not less than 16 is bonded, the triglyceride comprising not less than 2 double bonds per molecule.