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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Kirk S. Kealey, Lancaster, PA (US);
Rodney M. Snyder, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Leo J. Romanczyk, Jr., Hackettstown, NJ (US);
John F. Hammerstone, Jr., Nazareth, PA (US);
Margaret M. Buck, Morristown, NJ (US);
Giovanni G. Cipolla, Alpha, NJ (US);
Kirk S. Kealey, Lancaster, PA (US);
Rodney M. Snyder, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Leo J. Romanczyk, Jr., Hackettstown, NJ (US);
John F. Hammerstone, Jr., Nazareth, PA (US);
Margaret M. Buck, Morristown, NJ (US);
Giovanni G. Cipolla, Alpha, NJ (US);
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of processing a fat-containing bean, e.g., cocoa beans, for producing solids comprising active polyphenols and/or fat-containing products, comprising extracting the fat to produce solids and fat-containing products. Additionally, the inventive methods also provides cocoa compositions comprising at least one active polyphenol, wherein the concentration of the polyphenol(s) with respect to the nonfat solids is conserved with respect to the concentration of the active polyphenol(s) in the bean from which the compositions are derived.