Reduced-fat flavored coating and methods of using same

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A - Human Necessities

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A23G 3/00 (2006.01) A23G 1/00 (2006.01) A23P 1/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2547354

A reduced-fat flavored coating including a sufficient amount of flavoring agent, e.g., cocoa, to provide a selected flavor, a matrix of sugar crystals and sugar glass dispersed through the flavoring agent in an amount effective to provide the coating with sufficient structural integrity to prevent flowability at temperatures less than about 40~C, and a plurality of microspheres including a dry hydrocolloid component that are dispersed through the flavoring agent and sugar matrix to provide a slippery mouthfeel that mimics fat and begins to disperse when in contact with saliva so as to mimic the melting of cocoa butter during consumption of chocolate, wherein the flavored coating is at least substantially anhydrous and has less than about 10 weight percent fat, and wherein the fat present exists as dispersed micro- droplets. Methods of using same, e.g., to enrobe confectionery products or other food products, as well as the resultant food products, as also included.

L'invention concerne un enrobage aromatisé à faible teneur en matière grasse contenant une quantité suffisante d'agent aromatisant, par exemple du cacao, afin de procurer un arôme sélectionné, une matrice de cristaux de sucre et de sucre candi dispersée dans l'agent aromatisant en une quantité efficace pour doter l'enrobage d'une intégrité structurale suffisante afin d'empêcher une fluidification à des températures inférieures à environ 40 ·C, ainsi qu'une pluralité de microsphères contenant un constituant hydrocolloïde sec lesquelles sont dispersées dans l'agent aromatisant ainsi que la matrice de sucre pour conférer une sensation gustative de glissement imitant la matière grasse et commençant à se disperser au contact de la salive, de manière à imiter le fondant du beurre de cacao pendant la consommation de chocolat. L'enrobage aromatisé est au moins sensiblement anhydre et il présente moins d'environ 10 % en poids de matière grasse, la matière grasse présente à la forme de microgoutelettes dispersées. L'invention concerne également des procédés d'utilisation de l'enrobage, par exemple pour enrober des produits de confiserie ou d'autres produits alimentaires, ainsi que les produits alimentaires obtenus.

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