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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pierre Ducret, St Saphorin/Morges, CH;
Katrin Holz, Pully, CH;
Junkuan Wang, Lausanne, CH;
Hans-Juergen Wille, Skelton, GB;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 72 ; 426 73 ; 426 74 ; 426573 ; 426631 ; 426660 ; 426516 ; 426804 ;
Abstract
To incorporate water into a chocolate, chocolate and an emulsion or dispersion of a thickening or gelling substance in water, particularly a dispersion of microcrystalline cellulose in water, are introduced into an extruder and mixed and passed to an extruder nozzle so that the chocolate mass extrudate from the nozzle has a temperature of from 0.degree. C. to 28.degree. C.