Edible products having a high cocoa polyphenol content and improved flavor and the milled cocoa extracts used therein

US9114114B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MARS, INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Brent A. Anderson · Lincoln Park, US
• John M. Kaiser · Elizabethtown, US
• Ilene Cooper · Masontown, US
• David Hausman · Lancaster, US
• Barry Glazier · Harrisburg, US
• Jacqueline Kramer · Stroudsburg, US
• Tracey L. Knapp · Stroudsburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

Milling dry extracts containing cocoa polyphenols (CPs) to reduce the particle size improves the flavor of edible products (e.g., foods, medical foods, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceuticals) or additives containing the milled cocoa extracts. The products, e.g., chocolates, are less astringent and less bitter. The mean particle size after milling is less than about 15 microns, preferably less than about 10 microns, and most preferably less than about 5 microns. The total CP content of the milled extracts is at least about 300 milligrams and preferably about 300 to about 700 milligrams per gram of milled extract. The additives consist essentially of (i) the milled high CP cocoa extract and (ii) a fat (e.g., cocoa butter), an oil (e.g., vegetable oil), or a syrup (e.g., corn syrup).