AAK, one of the world’s leading ingredient suppliers specializing in value-adding specialty fats and oils, is inviting attendees of the Institute of Food Technologists 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition (IFT FIRST), July 14–16 in Chicago, to visit booth #S1107 and taste the benefits of consumer-pleasing plant-based solutions. 

AAK is Making Better Happen™ with fat and oil solutions that bring together the best in sourcing and technology with world-class innovation and expertise.  

Attendees who visit booth #S1107 will be able to experience fat and oil solutions from AAK in high-quality sweet treats that showcase the difference the right fats and oils can make when creating products consumers are sure to love:

• Cinnamon Sandwich Cookie with Vanilla Filling and Chocolatey Coating – Treat yourself to a chocolatey-coated, crispy cinnamon sandwich cookie. The chocolatey coating is a sensory delight with Cebes® 29-54 NH, a blend of palm kernel and palm oil. It is non-hydrogenated for a healthier option yet still maintains taste and texture in the coating. Good bloom resistance maintains appearance and quality of the coating. Thanks to fast crystallization and no requirement for tempering, production is streamlined, saving time and resources. 

Under the chocolatey coating, a crisp cinnamon cookie delights with a snappy, light texture thanks to Cisao® 8312 palm oil. This multi-purpose votated shortening can be used in a variety of bakery applications, including cookies, cakes and pastries, providing a clean mouthfeel without residual oiliness or waxiness. 

With its neutral taste, Cisao® 8312 is an excellent base for the addition of spices, extracts and flavors. The elastic texture provides good machinability, and it creams easily during mixing.

• Plant-Based Frozen Dessert – Who says plant-based can’t be indulgent? Beat the summer heat with a creamy, plant-based frozen dessert featuring a blend of coconut oil and shea olein from AAK. With less saturated fat (83%) than coconut oil (92%), AkoPlanet™ PBI 188-44 creates a consumer-pleasing, healthier plant-based dessert.

Compared to standard coconut oil, this unique blend creates smaller, more even particle distribution and more viscosity in the frozen dessert base, ultimately leading to increased creaminess, mouth coating and less perceived iciness in the final product.

AAK specializes in plant-based fats and oils that are value-adding ingredients in the confectionery, bakery, dairy, special nutrition and plant-based alternative segments. From label claims—such as sustainably sourced, non-GMO and plant-based—to perfecting sensorial qualities, AAK offers the latest fat and oil solutions to overcome a variety of product, process and formulation challenges. 

With local and global Innovation Centers, the versatility provided by one of the broadest lines of plant-based oils and fats in the industry, and more than 150 years of experience, AAK answers the most demanding product development challenges, by co-developing value-adding solutions with customers. 

Find out more about AAK’s latest Co-Development solutions that can help you get your products to market faster by visiting IFT FIRST booth #S1107 or www.betterwithaak.com.