Dry drink mix and chocolate flavored drink made therefrom

US6599553B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARS, INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Kirk S. Kealey · Lancaster, US
• Rodney M. Snyder · Elizabethtown, US
• Leo J. Romanczyk, Jr. · Hackettstown, US
• Hans M. Geyer · Hershey, US
• Mary E. Myers · Lititz, US
• Eric J. Whitacre · Elizabethtown, US
• John F. Hammerstone, Jr. · Nazareth, US
• Harold H. Schmitz · Readington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A dry drink mix which is rich in cocoa polyphenols such as catechin, epicatechin, and cocoa procyanidins contains a cocoa polyphenol rich cocoa powder, an alkalized cocoa powder, and a sweetener. The dry mix contains other conventional ingredients such as vanillin an emulsifier. A chocolate flavored drink can be prepared from the dry drink mix by adding milk, for example a low fat milk. The cocoa polyphenol rich cocoa powder is prepared from non-roasted cocoa beans or blends thereof having a fermentation factor of 275 less, i.e., slaty and/or purple cocoa beans. The alkalized cocoa powder is prepared from roasted cocoa beans.