In recent years, due to excessive intake of fat,the incidence rates of obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease etc increase year by year. Therefore moderate intake of fat has become the new trend of food research,and a fat reduction can be achieved by using different fat substitutes to ensure the functionality of the replaced fat.The main classification of fat substitutes and the research progress in fat substitutes used in food in recent years were reviewed, in order to provide directions for selecting safe and appropriate fat substitutes. |