Installation for preparing a chocolate paste
US4679498A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G1/10
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus for preparing a chocolate paste in which the various ingredients comprising at least cocoa and powdered sugar are subject to operations of grinding to a predetermined degree of particle size, of fluidification by dispersion of the particles of sugar and of cocoa into a continuous fatty phase and of degasification for the removal of water and undesirable volatile compounds. At least part of the treatment is carried out in a conveyor with several screws and an arrangement for regulating the temperature of the entrained material. After preliminary grinding of the ingredients to obtain a refined paste having the desired degree of particle size in the screw conveyor, dry-conching of the refined paste is carried out and then the liquefaction of the paste is obtained by the incorporation of additives in accordance with the receipe.
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