Patent ID: 7297359
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23P,A23V,C12Y

Abstract:
1. Process for the preparation of a frozen confection comprising the steps of: a) preparing an aqueous mixture of ingredients of the frozen confection and a ferulyolated compound dissolved in water, said ingredients of the frozen confection comprising sweetener, flavor components and optionally protein, fat, thickeners, emulsifiers, preservatives, and color components, b) incorporating a gas phase in the mixture formed in step a) to form a foam having an overrun of from 30% to 150%, c) mixing the foam formed in step b) with an oxidant capable of oxidation of the ferulic acid groups in the ferulyolated compound, d) freezing the resulting foam formed in step c) at a temperature below minus 4° C., wherein the ferulyated compound in step a) contains a majority of ferulic acid groups that are not oxidised before the gas phase is incorporated in step b), and wherein in step c) ferulic acid groups are linked by oxidation carried out either simultaneously or after the incorporation of gas in step b).