Patent ID: 8357418

Claim:
Computer method for preparation of a recipe of a chocolate and/or chocolate-/cocoa-flavored composition from a bank of n ingredients P j , the ingredients P j referring in particular to a chocolate or cocoa mass, characterized in that it comprises the following steps in computer software: define a scale of values E to assign a numerical value v ij for the taste descriptor G i of each ingredient P j , the set of values v ij defining the taste profile of the ingredient P j , determine a function f, such that v ic =f(k j , v ij ) f designating the set of rules used to calculate the values v ic characterizing the taste of a blend C of chocolates and/or cocoa masses such that C=Σ(j=0→n) k j P j , k j , between 0 and 1, limits included, being a coefficient designating the proportion of ingredient P j in the blend C, choose a chocolate or cocoa mass base B, whose values v ib have been defined, use the function f to determine the new values of the coefficients k j , v ij in the implementation of two alternative methods a and/or b as follows: a. choose the new value v lb ′ of the taste descriptor G l to be modified in base B, apply a conversion step in which at least two coefficients k j are modified and calculated so that f(k j , v lj ) reaches value v lb ′, then calculate the set of values v ib ′ of taste descriptors G i , resulting from the modification of coefficients k j , b. modify at least two coefficients k j of base B then calculate the set of values v ib ′ of taste descriptors G i .