Fat blend composition having 20% or less saturated fatty acids among which: 38% or less are palmitic acid and 20% or more stearic acid the fat blend being made at 5% to 100% hardstock containing 5% to 100% one or further hard fat and at least 5% stearic acid. Hardstock composition free of palm oil and its fractions having: 20% to 100% one or further hard fat being a fully hydrogenated oil, fractionated oil or fat, and/or interesterified oil or fat containing more than 15% stearic acid and 0% to 80% of one or further natural or fractionated oil or fat chosen among canola, sunflower, low erucic acid rapeseed, high oleic sunflower, soybean, corn, peanut, olive, high oleic canola, low linolenic soybean, and high stearic sunflower oils, shea butter, cocoa butter and coconut fat, the natural or fractionated oil or fat being mixed and/or interesterified with the hard fat.
