Patent ID: 6391373
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A confectionery comprising an admixture of solids-containing ingredients and fat, having a yield value of less than 1000 dynes/cm2,wherein said solids-containing ingredients comprise particles having a particle size distribution of about 0.05 microns to about 100 microns; wherein said distribution is a bi-modal particle distribution comprised of a fine particle mode distribution comprising particles having a mean particle size of about 0.5 to about 10 microns, and a coarse particle mode distribution comprising particles having a mean particle size of about 15 to about 50 microns, and a ratio of the mean particle size of the particles in the coarse mode to the mean particle size of the particles in the fine mode is about 5.5:1 to about 11:1, wherein the particles comprising said fine particle mode distribution comprise about 20% to about 50% by weight of the solids-containing ingredients and the particles comprising said coarse particle mode distribution comprise about 50% to about 80% by weight of the solids-containing ingredients, wherein the composition of the particle mode distributions is based on the weight of de-fatted ingredients, and the composition of the solids-containing ingredients comprising the fine particle mode are selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, cocoa solids-containing ingredients, milk solids-containing ingredients, and an ingredient combination thereof, and the composition of the solids-containing ingredients comprising the coarse particle mode are selected from the group consisting of cocoa solids-containing ingredients, carbohydrates, and ingredient combinations of cocoa solids-containing ingredients, carbohydrates and milk solids-containing ingredients, wherein said fat comprises about 16% to about 35% by weight of the total weight of the confectionery, and said confectionary is chocolate.