Charles E. Hill 
An innovative launch from Dawn Foods is set to benefit the sweet baked goods category in the form of its new Delicream Cocoa fat-based, pre- and post-bake, ready-to-use fillings for croissants, cookies or muffins.
With a smooth texture and indulgent chocolate taste, the range includes Delicream Cocoa Bake, Delicream Cocoa & Caramel Bake, Delicream Hazelnut & Cocoa and Delicream Nut Bake, all of which contain non-hydrogenated fats and RSPO palm oil.
For bakers looking for an alternative filling to palm oil, Dawn now offers Delicream Cocoa Bake made with Shea Butter, a naturally renewable raw material.
The company’s cocoa fillings are said to be easily spreadable and ready to use in both cooked and uncooked applications. All Delicream Cocoa Fillings are water free, so they work great in fresh and longer shelf life products.
The Cocoa Bake, Delicream Cocoa Bake with Shea Butter and Delicream Cocoa & Caramel Bake series also contain sunflower seed paste for added creaminess and spreadability.
Delicream Hazelnut & Cocoa is the only product in the range to be used after cooking. Containing high levels of hazelnuts for a rich flavor, it is ideal for topping muffins or spreading baked goods.
The new Delicream Cocoa Fillings were introduced as part of Dawn’s commitment to using more sustainably produced fats in its ingredients.
As the company noted, it only uses RSPO palm oil in recipes where palm oil is required, and the use of shea butter is a first in Delicream’s product line. Dawn UK & Ireland. Shea butter is made from the shea nut or shea tree that grows naturally in the “shea belt” in Africa.
The shea tree is difficult to grow in plantations and the new trees are the result of carefully targeted regeneration by farmers, with all the nuts harvested by local people, providing an eco-friendly alternative to fats. environment.
