Liquid margarines and other pourable dispersions which contain a hardstock
fat derived from plant waxes. The fat consists of a mixture of
triglycerides, which fat is non-hydrogenated and contains less than 10
wt. % of fatty acid residues with a chain length of 6 10 carbon atoms, of
which less than 50 wt. % of the triglycerides consist of monoacyl
triglycerides and which fat is characterized in that its content of fatty
acid residues which are saturated and contain at least 20 carbon atoms is
at least 30 wt. %, preferably at least 40 wt. % and more preferably at
least 50 wt. % calculated on total fatty acid residues. Such fat can be
obtained by a process comprising the steps: selecting a plant wax,
reacting the wax esters from the wax or a reactive derivative of those
wax esters with glycerol or with a reactive glycerol derivative,
purifying and recovering the obtained triglycerides, optionally admixing
the product with a triglyceride fat such that the mixture complies with
the above fat definition.