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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsutoshi Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiko Soeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 45 ; 426 52 ; 426601 ; 426656 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for producing a chocolate having improved stability, and which is effective for preventing blooming, particularly fat blooming, the process involving kneading a chocolate starting material with a transglutaminase to effect reaction of the transglutaminase with the starting material.