Preparation of chocolate products with limonene to reduce fat content
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1. A process for preparation of a reduced-fat chocolate product comprising preparing a chocolate product with ingredients which include a fat and a deodorized ethereal oil, wherein the deodorized ethereal oil ingredient comprises limonene in an amount, for reducing chocolate product viscosity, so that, by weight based upon a total weight of the chocolate product prepared, the chocolate product prepared contains the fat and the deodorized ethereal oil in an amount of from 16% to 25% and the limonene in an amount of from 0.5% to 5%.
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Abstract
The amount of a fat ingredient employed to produce a chocolate product is reduced by preparing the chocolate product with limonene as an ingredient so that a reduced-fat product is obtained, particularly for preparing a product having a fat content of from, by weight based upon a total product weight, of from 16% to 25%. An oil containing the limonene, particularly a deodorized oil, may be employed for providing the limonene.
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- 1. A process for preparation of a reduced-fat chocolate product comprising preparing a chocolate product with ingredients which include a fat and a deodorized ethereal oil, wherein the deodorized ethereal oil ingredient comprises limonene in an amount, for reducing chocolate product viscosity, so that, by weight based upon a total weight of the chocolate product prepared, the chocolate product prepared contains the fat and the deodorized ethereal oil in an amount of from 16% to 25% and the limonene in an amount of from 0.5% to 5%.
- 9. A process for reducing the viscosity of a chocolate product for reducing an amount of fat present in a chocolate product wherein the process comprises combining ingredients including a fat to obtain a mass of ingredients for preparing a chocolate product, conching the mass of ingredients to obtain a conched mass and tempering the conched mass to obtain a tempered chocolate product and (i) combining limonene with the ingredients to obtain the mass of ingredients, or (ii) adding limonene to the mass of ingredients prior to or during conching or (iii) adding limonene to the conched mass prior to tempering so that the limonene is present in the tempered chocolate in an amount, by weight based upon tempered chocolate product total weight, of from 0.5% to 5% so that a tempered chocolate product is obtained which has, as compared to a chocolate product which is obtained by being conched and tempered like the tempered chocolate product and by being prepared with identical ingredients but without limonene and having a same fat content as the tempered chocolate product, a lower viscosity than the chocolate product without limonene.
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