Patent ID: 7914837

Claim:
A process for producing flakes for chocolate drink, which comprises subjecting a mixture of hydrophilic materials and an oil-containing material which is cacao mass, cocoa powder, or whole powdered milk, or any of cacao mass, cocoa powder, or whole powdered milk to which fats have been added, to roll refining, wherein the hydrophilic materials contain 0.05 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic emulsifier relative to the oil-containing material, the hydrophilic emulsifier is one or more emulsifiers selected from the group consisting of sucrose fatty acid ester, glycerin fatty acid ester, polyglycerin fatty acid ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, and propylene glycol fatty acid ester, and the amount of the hydrophilic materials is less than 30% relative to the oil-containing material.