Mars, Incorporated

Joanna Wentzel

Barry D Glazier

Mary E Myers

Robert M Friedman

David J Hausman

Isabella Bernarda Maximilienne Van Damme

Isabella Bernarda Maximillienne Van Damme

Karyn Wild

Marilyn Hess

Shirley Lease

Connie Williams

Colleen Kramer

Barry David Glazier

Mary Myers

Guy Charles Tweedie

The present invention provides a heat resistant fat based confection. The heat resistance of the confection may be conferred either via inclusion of a polyol and at least one other thermal structuring component in the fat based confection, or via preparation of a premix comprising the polyol and at least one other component of the confection, or a combination of these. Methods of making the fat based confection, and packaged fat based confections, are also provided.

Heat resistant chocolate

The present invention provides a heat resistant fat based confection wherein at least a portion of a natural and/or artificial sweetener or milk or cocoa solids component thereof has an average particle size of greater than 50 microns. Premixes are also provided including the unmilled sweetener or milk or cocoa solid and a polyol are also provided, and in those embodiments wherein the premixes are used to prepare the fat based confection, heat resistance of the same may be further enhanced. Methods of making the fat based confection, with or without using the premix, are also provided.

Heat resistant confections

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Elizabethtown, PA, United States of America

Joanna Wentzel