COCOA COMPONENTS, EDIBLE PRODUCTS HAVING ENHANCED POLYPHENOL CONTENT, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND MEDICAL USES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cocoa components having enhanced levels of cocoa polyphenols, to provide processes for producing the cocoa components while conserving a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols, to provide compositions containing the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols, and...

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Hauptverfasser: SNYDER RODNEY M, KEALEY KIRK S, SCHMITZ HAROLD H, MEYERS MARY E, ROMANCYZK LEO J JR, GEYER HANS M, HAMMERSTONE JOHN F JR, WHITACRE ERIC J
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cocoa components having enhanced levels of cocoa polyphenols, to provide processes for producing the cocoa components while conserving a significant amount of the cocoa polyphenols, to provide compositions containing the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols, and to provide methods of using the cocoa components or the cocoa polyphenols for improving the health of mammals. SOLUTION: The cocoa components selected from the group consisting of partially defatted cocoa solids, fully defatted cocoa solids, chocolate liquor, cocoa nib, cocoa procyanidin extracts and mixtures thereof, which are prepared from cocoa beans during fermentation, are used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT