Concern about the health hazards of hydrogenated fats (trans fats) is a contributor to the declining popularity of Copha-based confectionery.[4]
In New Zealand, it is marketed as Kremelta. Known in Europe as coconut fat, it is available either in its pure form, or in solid form with lecithin added as an emulsifier. In France it is marketed as Végétaline and in Germany and Denmark it is marketed as Palmin. It is not readily available in the United States.[5]
copha, registered, trademark, peerless, foods, form, vegetable, shortening, made, from, hydrogenated, coconut, produced, only, australia, there, many, suppliers, hydrogenated, coconut, various, forms, worldwide, least, which, saturated, also, contains, soybean. Copha a registered trademark of Peerless Foods is a form of vegetable fat shortening made from hydrogenated coconut oil Copha is produced only in Australia but there are many suppliers of hydrogenated coconut fat in various forms worldwide It is 100 fat at least 98 of which is saturated It also contains soybean lecithin 1 It is used in Australia for confectionery such as rocky road and a number of foods for children being an essential ingredient in white Christmas and in chocolate crackles which are made from Rice Bubbles copha and cocoa powder 2 3 It is also used as a chocolate coating on baked goods that amounts to a form of compound chocolate Concern about the health hazards of hydrogenated fats trans fats is a contributor to the declining popularity of Copha based confectionery 4 In New Zealand it is marketed as Kremelta Known in Europe as coconut fat it is available either in its pure form or in solid form with lecithin added as an emulsifier In France it is marketed as Vegetaline and in Germany and Denmark it is marketed as Palmin It is not readily available in the United States 5 See also edit nbsp Look up copha in Wiktionary the free dictionary Hydrogenation Coconut oil Saturated fat ShorteningReferences edit Foods Peerless Copha 250g Cooking Margarines Retail Peerless Foods www peerlessfoods com au Chocolate Crackles NewsLifeMedia White Christmas Slice Recipe H K Chopra et al 2012 Textbook of Cardiology A Clinical and Historical Perspective JP Medical Ltd ISBN 978 9 3509 0081 9 Copha Victoria Hansen Food Retrieved 2019 05 28 nbsp This food ingredient article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Copha amp oldid 1183412118, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
