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Shaped chocolate in confectionery

US5879731A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1996
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23G9/48
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A confectionery product which has discrete pieces of a chocolate material, which is a chocolate, a chocolate substitute or a chocolate analogue, having specific characteristic shapes which are images dispersed in a confectionery material is prepared by distributing the discrete pieces having a temperature less than 20.degree. C. into a stream of frozen, chilled or ambient confectionery material to obtain a composite product, and the composite product may be mixed.

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