CONFECTIONERY COMPOSITION COMPRISING A BRAN-LIKE MATERIAL Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A23L7/10 A23G3/48 A23G3/34 A23P20/10 A23P20/20 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a confectionary composition comprising from 0.5 to 30 % by weight based on the total weight of the composition suitable for food consumption, suitable for treatment, released from microbes, acceptable for taste-and-atmosphere properties of bran-like material. Bran-like material has average size of particles by volume (vol. MPS) from 5 to 100 mcm; volume distribution of particles according to parameters (vol. PSD), characterized by the following parameters: D_90.3, less or equal to 350 microns, D_50.3, less or equal to 50 microns, and, optionally, D_10.3, less or equal to 15 microns. Average sphericity of particles of said material, measured by S_mean, is greater than or equal to 0.75. Suitable for treatment means that it has oil holding capacity (OHC) from 0.7 to 1.5. Bran-like material satisfies the criterion according to which salmonella is not detected in 25-gram sample of a material suitable for food consumption. Suitable for taste-and-flavor properties means that lipase (LA) activity and peroxidase (PA) activity is less than or equal to 2 Unit/g. Bran-like material has the roast odor with score of 2 or less in the olfactory analysis. Total amount of pyrazine compounds is less than 200 ppb, preferably less than 100 ppb, more preferably less than 50 ppb, more preferably less than 20 ppb, or does not contain said compounds. Invention relates to a method of producing a confectionary composition which includes steps of: providing a precursor of a bran-like material which has an unacceptable microbial load, which does not satisfy said criterion, and, optionally, is also unacceptable with respect to taste-and-aroma properties, having lipase (LA) activity and/or peroxidase (PA) activity of more than 2 Unit/g; treating the precursor material from the previous step such that after treatment the resulting material is both microbial-free and palatable; optionally, grinding material to obtain particles free from microbes, suitable for processing particles, comprising a bran-like material having all of the above properties; inclusion of material from previous stage into confectionary composition. Invention relates to a method of selecting and a method of modifying bran particles to achieve OHC from 0.7 to 1.5 from a mixture of bran particles having another OHC, by selecting one or more parameters of a bran-like material selected from: material surface area; porosity of the bran-like material; hydrophilicity of the material and/or total charge density of the material, in order to improve the processing characteristics obtained as a result of the bran-like particles for producing the confectionary composition. Invention relates to a confectionary product comprising the above confectionary composition. Invention relates to applications of confectionary composition and bran-like material for production of confectionary product. Invention relates to use of bran-like particles having OHC from 0.7 to 1.5 and said properties in order to limit viscosity increase of confectionary composition, to which the bran-like particles are added, until the increase is no more than 8 Pa·s. Invention relates to the use of a bran-like material as a sugar substitute in order to replace a portion or whole sugar as a filler in a method of producing a confectionary composition and/or a confectionary product. Invention relates to applications of confectionary composition and bran-like material for indication to consumer that confectionary product has useful effects, due to reduced amount or absence of added sugar. Invention relates to the use of a bran-like material and a confectionary composition in order to indicate to a consumer that the confectionary product contains fiber in sufficient quantities to provide beneficial effects, caused by reduced amount of added sugar and/or increased amount of fiber.

EFFECT: disclosed is confectionary composition comprising a bran-like material.

50 cl, 18 dwg, 9 tbl, 29 ex