Oil or Fat Composition

Abstract

Provided is an oil or fat composition of high diacylglycerol content. Even when used in cooking, the cooked food has a good external appearance without darkening, and retains its inherent flavor. Even when used in cooking after storage under light-exposed conditions, the cooked food is provided with a good external appearance and flavor. The oil or fat composition is obtained by combining, at specific contents, (A) an oil or fat of high diacylglycerol content, said oil or fat having a particular composition, (B) a plant sterol and (C) a plant sterol fatty acid ester.

1 . An oil or fat composition comprising the following ingredients (A), (B) and (C): 
 (A) 100 weight parts of an oil or fat comprising 15 wt % or more of diacylglycerol, in constituent fatty acids of which a content of unsaturated fatty acids is 80 wt % or more, wherein in whole fatty acids that constitute said oil or fat, a content of conjugated unsaturated fatty acids is 1 wt % or less and a content of trans unsaturated fatty acids is 4 wt % or less;    (B) from 0.01 to 4.7 weight parts of a plant sterol; and    (C) from 0.2 to 8 weight parts of a plant sterol fatty acid ester.    
     
     
         2 . The oil or fat composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the weight ratio of said ingredient (B) to said ingredient (C), (B)/(C), is 1.3 or less.  
     
     
         3 . The oil or fat composition according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein in said oil or fat (A), the content of monoacylglycerol is from 0.1 to 5 wt %, the content of triacylglycerol is from 4.9 to 84.9 wt %, and the content of free fatty acids is 5 wt % or less.  
     
     
         4 . The oil or fat composition according to any one of claims  1 - 3 , further comprising: 
 (D) from 0.001 to 5 weight parts of an antioxidant per 100 weight parts of said oil or fat (A).    
     
     
         5 . The oil or fat composition according to any one of claims  1 - 4 , further comprising: 
 (E) from 0.01 to 2 weight parts of a crystallization inhibitor per 100 weight parts of said oil or fat (A).    
     
     
         6 . The oil or fat composition according to any one of claims  1 - 5 , wherein said oil or fat (A) is an oil or fat obtained by hydrolyzing one or more oil or fat materials by a combination of high-pressure hydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis to produce fatty acids and esterifying said fatty acids with glycerol.  
     
     
         7 . The oil or fat composition according to  claim 6 , wherein said oil or fat materials have been hydrolyzed to 30 wt % or more thereof by said high-pressure hydrolysis.  
     
     
         8 . The oil or fat composition according to  claim 6  or  7 , wherein in constituent fatty acids of said oil or fat materials subjected to hydrolysis by said high-pressure hydrolysis, the content of trans unsaturated fatty acids is 1 wt % or less.  
     
     
         9 . The oil or fat composition according to any one of claims  6 - 8 , wherein in constituent fatty acids of said oil or fat materials subjected to hydrolysis by said enzymatic hydrolysis, the content of fatty acids each of which contains two or more unsaturated bonds is 40 wt % or less.  
     
     
         10 . A food comprising the oil or fat composition as described in any one of claims  1 - 9 .  
     
     
         11 . The food according to  claim 10 , further comprising water, being substantially free of any L-ascorbic acid fatty acid ester as an antioxidant, and even further comprising 200 ppm or more of δ-tocopherol.  
     
     
         12 . A feed comprising the oil or fat composition as described in any one of claims  1 - 9 .  
     
     
         13 . A medicine comprising the oil or fat composition as described in any one of claims  1 - 9 .