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Cocoa processing and products

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1949-11-25
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Granted: 1952-03-25
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Expires: 1969-11-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Elmer K Pettibone

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 08:10
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G1/00; A23G1/30; A23G1/56; A23G1/04; A23G1/042; A23G1/047; A23L; A23L33/00; A23L33/10; A23L33/17; A23L33/175; A23G2200/00; A23G2200/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 66 words
THE METHOD OF IMPROVING A CACAO PRODUCT BY MELLOWING, ACCENTUATION AND ENRICHMENT OF CACAO FLAVOR COMPRISING MIXING WITH CACAO BEAN MATERIAL A PLASTIC MASS OF VEGETABLE PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES CONCENTRATED TO A SOLIDS CONTENT OF FROM SUBSTANTIALLY 80 PER CENT TO 94 PER CENT, MILLING THE MIXTURE TO REDUCE THE BEANS TO GRANULAR SIZE, POWDERING THE GRANULAR MIX, EXPRESSING CACAO FAT THEREFROM AND DRYING THE COMPOUNDED POWDER.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 66 words
THE METHOD OF IMPROVING A CACAO PRODUCT BY MELLOWING, ACCENTUATION AND ENRICHMENT OF CACAO FLAVOR COMPRISING MIXING WITH CACAO BEAN MATERIAL A PLASTIC MASS OF VEGETABLE PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES CONCENTRATED TO A SOLIDS CONTENT OF FROM SUBSTANTIALLY 80 PER CENT TO 94 PER CENT, MILLING THE MIXTURE TO REDUCE THE BEANS TO GRANULAR SIZE, POWDERING THE GRANULAR MIX, EXPRESSING CACAO FAT THEREFROM AND DRYING THE COMPOUNDED POWDER.

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