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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Utkarsh Shah, Hershey, PA (US);
Gagan Mongia, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Yvette Thibault Pascua Cubides, Palmyra, PA (US);
THE HERSHEY COMPANY, Hershey, PA (US);
Abstract
An air-stable edible solid foam product includes at least one sweetener. In some embodiments, the air-stable edible solid foam is free of a whipping agent, and the foaming occurs by vacuum expansion. In some embodiments, the air-stable edible foam product includes at least one proteinaceous whipping agent derived from a plant source and the foaming occurs by whipping. A method of enhancing a beverage includes contacting a solid foam beverage enhancer including at least one sweetener and at least one flavoring agent to the beverage and disintegrating the solid foam beverage enhancer in the beverage within a predetermined period of time. Methods of making an air-stable edible solid foam product are also disclosed.