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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Kenneth B. Miller, Palmyra, PA (US);
Xiaoying Wang, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David A. Stuart, Hershey, PA (US);
Mark Holmgren, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Kenneth B. Miller, Palmyra, PA (US);
Xiaoying Wang, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David A. Stuart, Hershey, PA (US);
Mark Holmgren, Hummelstown, PA (US);
The Hersey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides acidified red cocoa products and ingredients, such as acidified red cocoa bean nibs, red cocoa liquor, and red cocoa powder. The acidified cocoa products and ingredients are generally made from under-fermented or unfermented cocoa beans that are treated with an acid composition. The methods include those of making food products and ingredients where the levels cocoa antioxidants are maintained by the use of an acid treatment and the avoidance of dutching, and the food products and ingredient have a distinctive red color. Cocoa nibs, chocolate or cocoa liquor and cocoa powders having a red hue or color and having high levels of cocoa antioxidants are disclosed, as well as food products made from them.