Patent ID: 9168271
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23V,A61K

Abstract:
1. A chocolate composition comprising a fat matrix, said fat matrix consisting essentially of cocoa butter in the Form V crystalline polymorph and, optionally, milk fats, said chocolate composition further comprising at least about 20% by weight of one or more minerals in particulate form having a median particle size between about 1 μm and about 25 μm, and being insoluble in said chocolate, said one or more minerals being homogeneously dispersed throughout said fat matrix, wherein said chocolate composition has a taste and texture identical to unfortified chocolate and has an apparent viscosity in the molten state within about ±50% of the apparent viscosity of the identical chocolate in the absence of the one or more minerals, as measured under conditions of identical temperature and shear.