Steeped cocoa beverages

US7919135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Hershey Company · US

Inventors

• Malathy Nair · Plymouth, US
• Tim J. Kohr · Myerstown, US
• Krista Cessna · Hummelstown, US
• Sharon Cin · Hummelstown, US
• William Jeffrey Hurst · Annville, US
• Ashley L. Boldt · Harrisburg, US
• Gregory T. Zerphy · Elizabethtown, US
• Brian S. Baker · Millersburg, US
• B. Douglas Brown · Hershey, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G2200/14
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of producing a cocoa beverage containing beneficial cocoa polyphenols. Ready-to-drink compositions, concentrates, primary beverage components, and packets for producing the beverages are specifically disclosed. Preferred sugar-free, low calorie, and calorie-free products and cocoa beverages are also disclosed.