Shelf stable confectionery
OwnerAndre Kent Robertsinventor
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Abstract
A confectionery product comprising low density chocolate surrounded by a sugar-based coating, and a process for producing the confectionery product. The confectionery product is shelf stable, even at elevated ambient temperatures.
Claims27
A shelf-stable confectionery product comprising low density, tempered chocolate surrounded by a sugar-based coating.
A shelf stable confectionery product comprising a chocolate core and a sugar-based coating, characterised in that the chocolate core is tempered chocolate comprising voids, in the form of a gas.
A shelf-stable confectionery product substantially as herein described with reference to the Example.
A process for preparing a shelf-stable confectionery product, comprising:
- a) tempering a chocolate mix to form tempered chocolate
- b) reducing the density of the tempered chocolate, by incorporating gas into said tempered chocolate to form a low density, tempered chocolate;
- c) moulding said low density, tempered chocolate into a desired shape by extruding the low density, tempered chocolate onto one or more chilled moulding rolls;
- d) coating said moulded, low density, tempered chocolate with a sugar-based coating to form said shelf-stable confectionery product.
A process of preparing a shelf-stable confectionery product comprising a chocolate core and a sugar-based coating, characterised in that the process comprises the steps of:
- a) tempering a chocolate mix to form tempered chocolate
- b) incorporating voids in the form of gas into said tempered chocolate mix to form a low density, tempered chocolate;
- c) moulding said low density, tempered chocolate into a desired shape by extruding said low density, tempered chocolate onto chilled moulding rolls;
- d) coating said moulded, low density, tempered chocolate with a sugar-based coating to form said shelf-stable confectionery product.
A process for preparing a confectionery product, which process is substantially as herein described with reference to the Example.
A process for preparing a confectionery product, which process is substantially as herein described with reference to FIG. 1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.