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US 2026/0271956 A1Published application
Dark cocoa powders
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsRobert Edwin van Temmen, Vincent Schoot Uiterkamp
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Abstract
A process for producing a dark cocoa product is described, comprising the steps of (a) milling a cocoa material in the presence of an aqueous composition; and (b) recovering a dark cocoa product which preferably has an L value below 20 and/or a pH value below 9.0. The dark cocoa product has an “a” value of between 0.5 and 10 and a “b” value of between 0.5 and 10.
Claims18
A process for producing a dark cocoa product, comprising the steps of:
- a. milling a cocoa material in the presence of an aqueous composition, wherein the cocoa material is mixed with 10-200% by weight aqueous composition, relative to the weight of the cocoa material to form a mixture;
- and
- b. recovering a dark cocoa product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.