Patents Examined by Mcihael W. Ball
  • Reduced fat confectionery products and process
    Patent number: 5464649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lowfat confection comprising a chocolate of full fat texture, said chocolate comprising a fat or fat substitute present in 20.0-24.5% (w/w), and nonfat solids comprising nutritive carbohydrate sweetener, nonfat cocoa solids and an edible emulsifier. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a lowfat chocolate and more specifically, to the process of preparing and formulating said product compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Hershey Foods Corporation
    Inventors: James F. St. John, John G. Fetterhoff, John R. Carpenter, B. Douglas Brown, C. Daniel Azzara, Stanley M. Tarka, Jr., Craig Rank, George K. Strohmaier