| abstract |
Provided are a particulate composition which is a solid at room temperature, which has excellent oxidative stability, which encapsulates a large quantity of an enclosure such as a hydrophilic substance, which, when coating the enclosure, causes only minimal heat-induced damage to the enclosure, which is capable of rapidly releasing the coated enclosure when the composition reaches the intestines; and a fat composition capable of being used in the particulate composition. Disclosed are a particulate composition, wherein a hydrophilic substance is polydispersed in a matrix of a fat composition having a solid fat content at 25°C of 58% or more and a solid fat content at 37°C of 90% or less; and a coating fat composition containing 45% by weight or more of a triglyceride comprising at least both a saturated fatty acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and a saturated fatty acid having 14 or more carbon atoms as constituent fatty acids, wherein the proportion of the saturated fatty acid having 14 or more carbon atoms in the constituent fatty acids of the whole fat exceeds 50% by weight. |