Patent ID: 11896029
Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An emulsion of an aqueous phase in a lipid phase, comprising:
a. an aqueous phase dispersed in the form of droplets throughout a lipid phase, wherein the lipid in the lipid phase is crystalline; and
b. an emulsifier;
wherein the aqueous phase comprises from 5 to 60 wt. % of a sweetener based on a total weight of the emulsion and at least 95% of the sweetener is in the aqueous phase, wherein the sweetener is sucrose, fructose, glucose, fruit juice, fruit syrup, honey, maple syrup, molasses, or combinations thereof;
wherein non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids are present in the lipid phase
wherein the emulsion comprises from 10 to 70 wt. % of aqueous phase, based on the total weight of the emulsion, and from 30 to 90 wt. % of lipid phase, based on the total weight of the emulsion;

wherein the emulsion, has a temperature of 8° C. or lower and a hardness of 400 g or higher; and
wherein all the non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids are substantially coated by lipid in the lipid phase.