Confectionery and methods of production thereof
OwnerShama Karu Vaman, Sarah Jayne Prestwood Pearson +4inventors
InventorsShama Karu Vaman, Sarah Jayne Prestwood Pearson, Clive Richard Thomas Norton, Malcolm Wilfred Kearsley, Malcolm Robert Mackley, Bart Hallmark
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a confectionery product comprising an extruded body portion, the body portion being formed from a material which is liquid during extrusion and which has a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, the capillaries having an average width or diameter of no more than 3 mm. The invention also relates to a process of manufacturing the same.
Claims32
A confectionery product comprising a unitary extruded body portion, the body portion being formed from a material which is liquid during extrusion and which has a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, the capillaries have an average width or diameter of no more than 3 mm and result in a voidage of over 35%.
(canceled)
A process for manufacturing a confectionery product comprising a unitary extruded body portion having a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, the process comprising the step of:
- a) extruding an extrudable confectionery material which is liquid during extrusion with a plurality of capillaries disposed therein, wherein the capillaries have a width or diameter of no more than 3 mm and result in a voidage of over 35%.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.