Foodstuff and products, ingredients, processes and uses

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022279808-A1
Application number	US-202017595859-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 11, 2020
Priority date	Jun 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 8, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides the use of a composition obtainable from the pulp of a plant in the theobroma genus or an extract of said pulp, as an ingredient in a foodstuff product.

First claim

1 . A process for preparing a foodstuff product comprising the steps of i) blending a food-pieces mix, with a binder, and ii) forming a foodstuff product from said mixture, wherein said binder comprises ingredients derived from pulp from a plant in the theobroma genus and/or an extract of pulp from a plant in the theobroma genus.

2 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the pulp or extract of pulp is cocoa pulp or an extract of cocoa pulp.

3 . The process of either of claim 1 , wherein the food-pieces mix is combined with the binder to provide a composition comprising between 10 wt % and 45 wt % binder by weight of the composition.

4 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the food-pieces mix is combined with the binder to provide a composition comprising between 55 wt % and 90 wt % food piece mix by weight of the composition.

5 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises water in an amount of greater than 5% by weight of the binder and in an amount of less than 30% by weight of the binder.

6 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises a total solids content of between 70% by weight and 95% by weight of the binder.

7 . The process according to claim 1 , wherein the food-pieces mix comprises-pieces selected from the group consisting of fruit-pieces, nut-pieces, cereal-pieces, chocolate-product-pieces, fish-pieces, meat-pieces, dairy-pieces and vegetable-pieces and mixtures thereof.

8 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the pulp and/or pulp extract has been treated to reduce the polysaccharide content.

9 . The process of claim 8 , wherein the treatment comprises treatment with an enzyme to reduce the polysaccharide content.

10 . The process of claim 8 , wherein the treatment comprises the reduction of the pectin content and/or cellulose content in the pulp or extract of pulp.

11 . The process of claim 10 , wherein treatment comprises treatment with a pectinase and/or a cellulase.

12 . The process of claim 9 , wherein the enzyme treatment is carried out between 20° C. and 75° C. for between 10 minutes and 20 hours.

13 . The process of claim 9 , wherein the pulp or extract of pulp is treated to increase the pH to be greater than pH 3.0.

14 . A foodstuff product as prepared by a process of claim 1 .

15 . A foodstuff product comprising multiple food-pieces bound together with a binder, wherein said binder comprises ingredients derived from pulp from a plant in the theobroma genus and/or an extract of pulp from a plant in the theobroma genus and the binder is present in an amount of between 7 wt % and 45 wt % of the foodstuff product.

Assignees

• Nestle Sa

Inventors

• Hardwick Kathryn Elizabeth
• De Acutis Rodolfo
• Radford Stewart John
• Vieira Joselio Batista

Classifications

• A23G1/48 Primary

  containing plants or parts thereof, e.g. fruits, seeds or extracts (containing gums A23G1/40) · CPC title

• A23G1/002 Primary

  Processes for preparing or treating cocoa beans or nibs · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title

• A23G3/48

  containing plants or parts thereof, e.g. fruits, seeds, extracts (containing gums A23G3/42) · CPC title

• A23G1/32

  characterised by the composition {containing organic or inorganic compounds} · CPC title