Methods for reduced refining during cocoa liquor processing

Methods and systems for providing processed cocoa nibs are provided. The methods involve coarse grinding cocoa nibs to form a slurry and subjecting less than all of the cocoa slurry to refining. The refined and unrefined volumes or portions of cocoa slurry are then recombined to provide a recombined...

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Hauptverfasser: Kelley, Matthew, Gonzalez, Jose, Kaiser, John, Shafi, Rogaite, Josyula, Aditya, Slesser, Dale
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and systems for providing processed cocoa nibs are provided. The methods involve coarse grinding cocoa nibs to form a slurry and subjecting less than all of the cocoa slurry to refining. The refined and unrefined volumes or portions of cocoa slurry are then recombined to provide a recombined cocoa product. The cocoa nibs produced by the method may be further processed to provide cocoa liquor or chocolate.