Detheobromination of cocoa

US4390698A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A. · CH

Inventors

• Jacky Chiovini · Daillens, CH
• Maurice Blanc · Carros, FR
• Geoffrey Margolis · Bussigny, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 21, 1981
• Grant date: Jun 28, 1983
• Expiry date: May 21, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D473/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the recovery of theobromine from an aqueous solution containing theobromine extracted from cocoa material, which comprises contacting the solution with a substantially neutral adsorbent and separating the adsorbent, with theobromine adsorbed thereon, from the aqueous solution of reduced theobromine content.