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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen Thomas Beckett, Wigginton York, GB;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for controlling the solidification or crystallization of a fat or a fat-containing food, wherein the solidification or crystallization is carried out under the influence of a magnetic field. The process can be used particularly advantageously where the fat is polymorphic, for example, cocoa butter, and the magnetic field allows the fat to be produced in a particular crystalline form. Thus, a cocoa butter containing product in solid form can be produced, the cocoa butter having been formed directly from a liquid phase in crystal form VI without passing through another crystal form and without the addition of seed crystals.