Products
Blended Shortenings & Animal Fats
These are Spectra Foods’ heavy-duty frying products. Combining premium beef tallows with quality vegetable oils for exceptional flavour, long fry life, and high stability. All are fully deodorized. They represent one of the pillars of the company’s product history and continue to be among our most-requested products.
Blended Shortenings
Spectra Blended Shortenings
Heavy-Duty Frying. Crispy, Light, Deodorized. Every Time.
Spectra Foods Blended Shortenings combine the flavour subtlety of high-quality vegetable oils with the endurance and frying strength of premium beef tallows. The result is outstanding high-performance frying, whether you are running continuous fryers for potatoes, fish and chips, onion rings, chicken, or lightly breaded products.
Unlike many competing blended shortenings, every Spectra blended product is fully deodorized, meaning no unwanted smells are transferred to the kitchen air or to the finished product. Food comes out light, crispy, and clean every single time. Stable at high temperatures, they also contain an anti-foaming agent for greater operator safety.
Products in the Blended Range
- Spectra® Super Fry Shortening — Our premium blended shortening for all-purpose heavy-duty frying. Fully deodorized.
- Fryall — A trusted, fully deodorized blended shortening for commercial frying operations. Long-established product.
- Fish & Chip Shortening — Specifically formulated for fish and chip operations. Fully deodorized. No fish taste transfer between batches.
- Val-O-Fry Special Shortening — A value-optimised blended shortening for high-volume operations. Deodorized.
Technical Properties
- Fully deodorized — no odour on finished products
- Anti-foaming agent — safer for fryer operators
- High stability at elevated temperatures
- Long fry life — premium tallow content extends oil life
- No taste transfer between batches
- Light, crispy finish on all fried products
Blended Shortenings Formats and SKU Details
Spectra Blended Shortenings
Technical Information
| Product | SKU | UPC |
|---|---|---|
| Super Fry Shortening | F1 | 000 64564 00036 4 |
| Fryall Shortening | S8 | 000 64564 00046 3 |
| Fish & Chip Shortening | F3 | 000 64564 00034 0 |
Animal Fats
Spectra® Beef Fat
Old-Style Beefy Flavour. Made From the Finest North American Beef Tallows.
Spectra® Beef Fat is one of the most consistently popular products in our range — and for good reason. Made from the finest beef tallows in North America, it delivers the classic, robust beef flavour that is associated with the best traditional frying. Fully deodorized, meaning no kitchen odour and nothing unwanted on finished products. Just clean, deep beef character in the food itself.
Extremely stable at high heat. Fry life exceeds or matches most other oils and shortenings. An icon in commercial kitchens that appreciate tradition and flavour.
Applications
- French fried potatoes
- Fish and chips
- Onion rings
- Chicken — battered and breaded
- Beef burgers and smash burgers
- Any heavy-duty frying operation where classic beef flavour is a differentiator
Health Profile
Spectra® Beef Fat is cholesterol-containing by nature — it is an animal fat. It contains zero trans fats and is free of hydrogenation. Fully deodorized. Kosher certified. Extremely stable at elevated frying temperatures with a fry life that meets or exceeds most vegetable oils and shortenings. Not suitable for operations with halal, vegan, or vegetarian requirements.
Ingredients
Beef Tallow, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid, Dimethylpolysiloxane.
Spectra Beef Fat Formats and SKU Details
Spectra® Beef Fat
Technical Information
| SKU | UPC | Pallet | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | 000 64564 00039 5 | 60 units · 5×12 | Homogenized & Deodorized |
Blended Shortenings
Spectra® Lard
All-Purpose. Refined. Deodorized. A True Kitchen Staple.
Spectra® Lard is a high-quality, all-purpose shortening — rendered, refined, and fully deodorized. In frying applications, it provides excellent fry life and stability at high temperatures, consistently producing light, clean-tasting finished products. In baking and pastry, its light characteristic and smooth texture are unmatched, delivering flaky pastry, tender pie dough, and delicate cookies, cakes, and muffins that are consistently excellent.
Spectra® Lard is especially valued by professional bakers who understand that quality lard remains one of the best pastry fats available.
Applications
- Flaky pastry & pie crusts
- Cookies & shortbread
- Cakes & muffins
- Bread making
- Deep frying
- Griddle work
- Any baking application requiring a light, neutral, smooth fat
Advantages
- Rendered, refined & fully deodorized — no unwanted odours in the kitchen or on finished products
- Exceptional fry life and stability at high temperatures
- Light, smooth texture ideal for pastry and baking
Ingredients
Deodorized Lard, BHA, BHT, Citric Acid
Spectra Lard Formats and SKU Details
Spectra® Lard
Technical Information
| SKU | UPC | Pallet | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 000 64564 00037 1 | 60 units · 5×12 | Homogenized & Deodorized |