Abstract: The present invention relates to sweet confectionery products, in particular sweet confectionery products—with reduced content of sugar and calories. The present invention furthermore relates to methods for producing such products, the present invention relates to gelled low calories sweet confectionery products comprising at least one intensive sweetener, at least one texture giving agent, and two or more low calorie bulking agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sweet confectionery products, in particular sweet confectionery products- with reduced content of sugar and calories. The present invention furthermore relates to methods for producing such products, the present invention relates to gelled low calories sweet confectionery products comprising at least one intensive sweetener, at least one texture giving agent, and two or more low calorie bulking agents.

Abstract: In a method of producing cocoa mass from nibs from cracked, fermented cocoa beans, nibs are used from which nibs parts of an undesired degree of fermentation have been sorted out, for example by analysis of the individual nibs pieces for fluorescence, preferably by irradiation with UV light at two different wavelengths, preferably of about 254 nm and about 366 nm with a cut-off filter at about 390 nm, the analytical results being the basis of any sorting out of separate nibs pieces, or by sorting of the cocoa beans before cracking by thickness, by density or by hardness. In this respect, the fluorescence detection method can be used for monitoring the separation.

Abstract: Acidic oral compositions having calcium contents and effective pH-values in the area indicated by grey tone in FIG. 2 are non-erosive in saliva and capable of stimulating saliva production, even in “dry mouth” patients. A new multi-step test method for determining erosive potential in saliva has been used for identifying the compositions.