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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Malathy Nair, Hershey, PA (US);
Tim J. Kohr, Myerstown, PA (US);
Krista L. Cessna, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Sharon Cin, Hummelstown, PA (US);
William Jeffrey Hurst, Mt. Gretna, PA (US);
Ashley L. Boldt, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Gregory T. Zerphy, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Brian S. Baker, Millersburg, PA (US);
B. Douglas Brown, Hershey, PA (US);
Malathy Nair, Hershey, PA (US);
Tim J. Kohr, Myerstown, PA (US);
Krista L. Cessna, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Sharon Cin, Hummelstown, PA (US);
William Jeffrey Hurst, Mt. Gretna, PA (US);
Ashley L. Boldt, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Gregory T. Zerphy, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Brian S. Baker, Millersburg, PA (US);
B. Douglas Brown, Hershey, PA (US);
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of producing a cocoa-containing beverage, or a nutritionally fortified or energy-sustaining cocoa beverage, containing beneficial cocoa polyphenols. Ready-to-drink compositions, concentrates, primary beverage components, and packets for producing the beverages are specifically disclosed and prepared from a cocoa water composition made from steeping a cocoa-containing product in water or an aqueous solution with an acid. A number of vitamins, minerals, supplements, and nutriceutical compositions can be added.