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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. 06, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Kirk S. Kealey, Lancaster, PA (US);
Rodney M. Snyder, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Leo J. Romanczyk, Jr., Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Hans M. Geyer, Hershey, PA (US);
Mary E. Myers, Lititz, PA (US);
Eric J. Whitacre, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
John F. Hammerstone, Jr., Nazareth, PA (US);
Harold H. Schmitz, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
Cocoa components having enhanced levels of cocoa polyphenols, processes for producing the cocoa components while conserving a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols, compositions containing the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols, and methods of using the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols for improving the health of a mammal are described. The cocoa components include partially and fully defatted cocoa solids, cocoa nibs and fractions derived therefrom, cocoa polyphenol extracts, cocoa butter, chocolate liquors, and mixtures thereof. The invention provides processes for extracting fat from cocoa beans and for otherwise processing cocoa beans to yield a cocoa component having conserved concentrations of polyphenols relative to the starting materials.
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