Comestible products
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsGianluca Dimartino, Indraneil Mukherjee, Wayne Price
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Abstract
The invention provides cocoa pod husk powder having a concentration of insoluble dietary fibre of at least 55 wt. % of the total weight of the cocoa pod husk and/or having a concentration of total fibre of at least 68 wt. % of the total weight of the cocoa pod husk, and wherein the total ash content of the powder is no more than 6.0 wt. %. The invention further provides methods of making cocoa pod husk powders of the invention comprising the steps of: reducing cocoa pod husk in a wet-milling process to a paste; and drying the paste at a temperature of at least 80° C., or at least 85° C.
Claims18
Cocoa pod husk powder having an amount of insoluble dietary fibre of at least 55 wt. % of the total weight of the cocoa pod husk powder and/or having an amount of total dietary fibre of at least 68 wt. % of the total weight of the cocoa pod husk powder, and wherein the total ash content of the powder is no more than 6.0 wt. %.
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