Processed
Hard Mono Diglycerides
Hard mono- and diglycerides are high-melting flake or bead grades from saturated fats, favoured in bread shortenings, peanut butter stabilisation, and systems that need structure at ambient temperature. They set firmer crystal networks and handle cleanly in dry or warm-melt dosing without sticky paste mess. Melt completely into the fat phase; incomplete melt leaves white specks and weak emulsification. Flavour must stay neutral. Store cool so beads do not cake into a fused block in hot warehouses.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Dry MeteredMelted Into FatShortening Blend
Traits
Ambient StableFlake Or BeadHard FlakeHigh MeltSaturatedStructural
History
US
Hard mono-diglyceride flakes standardised dry handling for bakery fat plants.
Bead forms improved metering accuracy on continuous bread lines.
Sustainable palm and alternative hardstocks reshaped hard mono-diglyceride supply.