Confectionery product comprising vegetables solids

摘要

A novel, nutritious confectionery product with a taste, texture and color that is particularly appealing to children is disclosed. The food product includes non-cereal vegetable solids and solid fat characterized in that the non-cereal vegetable solids are present in the form of particles in an amount of at least about 15% by weight of the total weight of the confectionery product. These particles are surrounded by the fat. The non-cereal vegetable solids are added and mixed into a continuous phase of fat to provide a shaped fat-based product upon setting.