Confectionery production
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsJasper Theodoor PETERS, Theodor Anton Hermanus Johannes PRINSEN
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Abstract
The invention provides a sugar composition for use in the manufacture of foodstuffs, said composition comprising a suspension of a fine sugar having a mean particle size of less than 30 microns in glucose syrup. This composition allows for energy efficient production of products including frappe, and methods as well as apparatus used in these methods form further aspects of the invention.
Claims16
A frappe composition for use in the manufacture of foodstuffs, wherein the frappe composition comprises an aerated composition of a suspension of a fine sugar in glucose syrup, and coagulated protein, and wherein the fine sugar has a mean particle size of less than 30 microns.
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A method for producing frappe, said method comprising preparing a sugar suspension composition comprising a suspension of a fine sugar having a mean particle size of less than 30 microns in glucose syrup, mixing the sugar suspension composition with a protein formulation comprising a protein to provide a mixture, aerating the mixture to provide an aerated composition, and heating the aerated composition to coagulate the protein.
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