The Hershey Company

Hershey Foods Corporation

Derry, Inc.

B Douglas Brown

George K Strohmaier

John R Carpenter

Stanley M Tarka, Jr

Brian Scott Baker

Ashley L Boldt

Gregory T Zerphy

Krista L Cessna

Malathy Nair

William Jeffrey Hurst

Tim J Kohr

John G Fetterhoff

Sharon Cin

James F St John

C Daniel Azzara

Craig Rank

Stanley M Tarka

The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of producing a cocoa-containing beverage, or a nutritionally fortified or energy-sustaining cocoa beverage, containing beneficial cocoa polyphenols. Ready-to-drink compositions, concentrates, primary beverage components, and packets for producing the beverages are specifically disclosed and prepared from a cocoa water composition made from steeping a cocoa-containing product in water or an aqueous solution with an acid. A number of vitamins, minerals, supplements, and nutriceutical compositions can be added.

Steeped cocoa compositions and functional cocoa beverages made from them

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.

Steeped cocoa beverages

The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.

Reduced fat confectionery products and process

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