Patent ID: 11968997
Assignee: MARS, INCORPORATED
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing a cocoa liquor composition having an alkalized cocoa flavor profile, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
(a) providing a nonalkalized cocoa liquor; and
(b) admixing the nonalkalized cocoa liquor with a potassium salt, resulting in the cocoa liquor composition having the alkalized cocoa flavor profile;
wherein the potassium salt is a combination of potassium lactate and potassium acetate, and the potassium salt is admixed with the nonalkalized cocoa liquor at an amount of from about 1% w/w to about 15% w/w by weight of the cocoa liquor;
wherein the method of producing the cocoa liquor is devoid of a drying step; and
wherein the alkalized cocoa flavor profile of the cocoa liquor composition is substantially the same as a flavor profile of a chocolate confectionery made from an alkalized chocolate.