| Abstract |
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The hard butter of the present invention comprises a fat which is obtained from the pericarp of the Chinese tallow tree by extraction optionally followed by fractionation and has a solid fat content of 80% or more, 60% or more and 0.5% or less at 20.degree. C., 30.degree. C. and 40.degree. C., respectively. And the other hard butter of the present invention comprises 5 to 95% of the pericarp oil as defined above and 95 to 5% by weight of one or more fats selected from among, for example, sal fat, fractionated sal fat, fractionated shea fat, kokum fa |