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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Inventors:
Aditya Josyula, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Dale Slesser, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
John Kaiser, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Rogaite Shafi, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Matthew Kelley, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Jose Gonzalez, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/00 (2006.01); A23G 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/0006 (2013.01); A23G 1/002 (2013.01); A23G 1/0033 (2013.01); A23G 1/0036 (2013.01); A23G 1/46 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing processed cocoa nibs are provided. The methods involve coarse grinding cocoa nibs to form a slurry and subjecting less than all of the cocoa slurry to refining. The refined and unrefined volumes or portions of cocoa slurry are then recombined to provide a recombined cocoa product. The cocoa nibs produced by the method may be further processed to provide cocoa liquor or chocolate.