Process for producing a soluble cocoa product

US5338554A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Jacobs Suchard AG · CH

Inventors

• Siegfried Vogt · Leopoldshöhe, DE
• Wolfgang Krempel · Bremen, DE
• Ute Assenmacher · Bremen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 1992
• Grant date: Aug 16, 1994
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G1/047
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for producing a soluble cocoa product. Cocoa powder is subjected to an extraction with alcohol, particularly with ethanol, and from the residue a water extract is prepared. This water extract is concentrated and as a soluble cocoa product it can be put to many uses as basic substance for beverages, confectionary, ice-cream, pastries etc.