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Abstract

The present invention relates to a solid vegetable fat granulate, or composition thereof, a process for its preparation, as well as food products comprising the same, where the granulate mimics the organoleptic properties of granulate typically dispersed throughout ground or minced meat-based food products. In one aspect, the present invention provides a process for preparing vegetable fat granulate, said process comprising the steps of: i) providing a solid vegetable fat, or composition thereof, for extrusion, ii) extruding the solid vegetable fat, or composition thereof, through a die and cutting so as to form vegetable fat granulate; wherein the process is adapted such that during extrusion and cutting in step ii) the solid vegetable fat, or composition thereof, exhibits a hardness such that the vegetable fat, or composition thereof, fractures under a force of no less than 1.5 kgf (14.71 N), as, for instance, determined by the bending test in the description.

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