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Alkalized cocoa powders and foodstuffs containing such powder

Assignee: Cacao De Zaan Bv Te Koog Ad Zaan
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Filing: 1982-02-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-02-09
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Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to an alkalized cocoa powder with a pH of 7.5 or less, a ratio pH: alkalinity of the ash below 0.046, colour coordinates L between 9.0 and 14.0, a between 4.0 and 8.0 and b between 2.0 and 6.0, in which not more or other acid radicals are present than those by nature present in fermented cocoa, and also to foodstuffs containing such an alkalized cocoa powder.

Inventors

  • 👤 Johannes Lambertus Terink
  • 👤 Maurits Jacques Brandon

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 08:26
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G1/00; A23G1/02; A23G1/30; A23G1/56; A23G2210/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 56 words
Alkalized cocoa powder with a pH of 7.5 or less, a ratio pH : alkalinity of the ash below 0.046, colour coordinates L between 9.0 and 14.0, a between 4.0 and 8.0 and b between 2.0 and 6.0, .in which not more or other acid radicals are present than those by nature present in fermented cocoa.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 56 words
Alkalized cocoa powder with a pH of 7.5 or less, a ratio pH : alkalinity of the ash below 0.046, colour coordinates L between 9.0 and 14.0, a between 4.0 and 8.0 and b between 2.0 and 6.0, .in which not more or other acid radicals are present than those by nature present in fermented cocoa.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
Alkalized cocoa powder according to claim 1 wherein L lies between 10.0 and 12.0, a between 5.0 and 7.0 and b between 2.0 and 4.0.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
Alkalized cocoa powder according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the pH is below 7.3.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
Alkalized cocoa powder according to one of the preceding claims wherein the ratio pH : alkalinity of the ash is below 0.041.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 17 words
Alkalized cocoa powder according to one of the preceding claims wherein the ratio b/a is below 0.5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
Alkalized cocoa powder and method for its preparation substantially as described in the example.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
Alkalized cocoa powder and method for its preparation substantially as described in the example.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 11 words
Foodstuffs containing alkalized cocoa powder according to claims 1 to 6.

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