FLAVOUR COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING POTASSIUM SALTS Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A23G1/32 A23L27/30 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to fat-based confectionery products, a method for their preparation and a method for preserving the concentration of cocoa flavonols. Said confection comprises a flavour composition comprising potassium lactate, potassium acetate or a combination thereof, a composition of non-alkalised chocolate or cocoa liquor. Flavour composition is present in a concentration of about 0.1 % w/w to about 6.5 % w/w in terms of the weight of the fat-based confectionery product or in a concentration of 1 % w/w to about 15 w/w in terms of the weight of cocoa liquor. Method of producing fat-based confectionery products, having an aromatic profile of alkalised cocoa, and a method of preserving the concentration of cocoa flavonols includes steps of providing a composition of non-alkalised chocolate or cocoa liquor and adding said flavour composition to a composition of non-alkalised chocolate or cocoa liquor.

EFFECT: invention provides a fat-based confectionery product that has the aromatic profile of alkalised chocolate without subjecting the chocolate composition or the cocoa liquor to an alkalisation step without reducing the concentration of cocoa flavonols.

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