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US 2004/0170743 A1Published application
Method of deflavoring soy-derived materials confectionary type products
AssigneeKraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
InventorsAhmad Akashe, Ronald Louis Meibach, Edward Charles Coleman
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Abstract
Soy-containing confectioneries or nutritional compositions (especially nutritional bar) containing deflavored soy protein material are provided. The deflavored soy protein materials may be dispersed through out the preferred nutritional bars or, more preferably, dispersed with chocolate or caramel layers or bits covering or containing within the nutritional bars.
Claims16
A soy-containing confectionary product comprising a deflavored soy protein material, wherein the deflavored soy protein material is prepared by a method comprising:
- (a) preparing an aqueous composition of a soy material containing soluble soy proteins, flavoring compounds, and insoluble materials;
- (b) solubilizing the soy proteins by adjusting the aqueous composition of (a) to a pH in the range of about 9 to about 12 and releasing the flavoring compounds;
- (c) passing the pH-adjusted aqueous composition of (b) adjacent an ultrafiltration membrane having a molecular weight cutoff up to about 50,000 Daltons, while maintaining the pH in the range of about 9 to about 12, under suitable ultrafiltration conditions wherein the flavor compounds pass through the membrane, thereby deflavoring the soy material and retaining substantially all of the solubilized soy proteins;
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- (d) recovering the solubilized soy proteins retained by the ultrafiltration membrane, wherein the recovered solubilized soy proteins is the deflavored soy protein material.
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