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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Stephen Thomas Beckett, York, GB;
Daniel Hugelshofer, Konolfingen, CH;
Junkuan Wang, Lonay, CH;
Erich Josef Windhab, Hemishofen, CH;
Stephen Thomas Beckett, York, GB;
Daniel Hugelshofer, Konolfingen, CH;
Junkuan Wang, Lonay, CH;
Erich Josef Windhab, Hemishofen, CH;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A process for manufacturing milk chocolate products containing a higher than normal water content by preparing a dark chocolate containing up to 30% by weight of water, adding a milk powder suspension optionally together with seed crystals of cocoa butter or cocoa butter equivalent, and mixing under low shear. The invention also relates to high water content milk chocolate products, methods of preparing a chocolate coated ice cream article with such products and to the resulting chocolate coated ice cream articles.