Shaped chocolate in confectionery
US5879731A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 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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