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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 05, 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
A dry drink mix which is rich in cocoa polyphenols such as catechin, epicatechin, and cocoa procyanidins contains a cocoa polyphenol rich cocoa powder, an alkalized cocoa powder, and a sweetener. The dry mix contains other conventional ingredients such as vanillin an emulsifier. A chocolate flavored drink can be prepared from the dry drink mix by adding milk, for example a low fat milk. The cocoa polyphenol rich cocoa powder is prepared from non-roasted cocoa beans or blends thereof having a fermentation factor of 275 less, i.e., slaty and/or purple cocoa beans. The alkalized cocoa powder is prepared from roasted cocoa beans.