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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Food materials with improved flavor and functionality due to size reduction in a modified atmosphere
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Kaiser, Manheim, PA (US);
Ilene Cooper, Mt. Joy, PA (US);
Gagan Mongia, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Weaber, Jr., Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/00 ;
Abstract
Off-notes normally associated with chocolates made from ingredients containing dairy powders can be avoided using a dry mill in connection with a modified atmosphere to reduce the particle sizes of the ingredients. The modified atmosphere may be air at a temperature of about 65° C. to about 120° C., or an atmosphere having less than about 5.0 percent oxygen.