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Cocoa butter substitute

US10548334B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Team Foods Colombia S.A. · CO

Inventors

Adriana Fernanda Cruz · Bogota, CO
Carlos Alvarez · Riehen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 2012
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 31, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23V2002/00
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A trans-fat free cocoa butter substitute and its production process which has a lower quantity of saturated fatty acids than cocoa butter, common cocoa butter substitutes, and lauric fats, for coating and molding applications in chocolate products with adequate texture, gloss, and melting profile characteristics, and a good speed of crystallization during a cooling process without tempering.

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