A composition comprising novel coated bulking agent particles for reduction of calories in fat-based food products comprising sugar. A coated bulking agent particle comprising from 2 wt % to 70 wt % bulking agent and from 30 wt % to 98 wt % coating composition comprising sugar and surface active agent; wherein the ratio of sugar to surface active agent in the composition is from 2000:1 to 4:1 and from 50 wt % to 100 wt % of the sugar is in crystalline form; wherein the bulking agent is coated with the coating composition, and, wherein the bulking agent is selected from the group consisting of exhausted cocoa powder, washed coffee powder, washed tea powder, cocoa-shell, wheat bran, corn bran, corn-cob fibre, rice bran, bamboo fibre, coconut fibre, potato fibre, apple fibre, and mixtures thereof; an agglomerated coated bulking agent particle; a process of preparing the particles and a fat-based confection N composition comprising the coated bulking agent particles.

Disclosed is a vegetable fat composition comprising different triglycerides with at least some of the triglycerides comprising C14-fatty acids. The vegetable fat composition is for use in bakery, dairy, or confectionary applications or in chocolate or chocolate-like coating, as well as a method of producing said vegetable fat composition. A vegetable fat composition as disclosed has some of the properties from cocoa butter substitute and some of the properties from cocoa butter replacer, combined in one product, in addition to being a cost effective vegetable fat composition.

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.

A composition for confectionery applications, which comprises: a fat composition having a solid fat content (SFC) with an N20 of at least 10% and N35 of at most 10% measured on stabilized fat stabilized at 20° C. for 40 hours according to ISO 8292-1; at least one emulsifier; and at least one bitterness inhibitor dispersed or dissolved in the fat composition.

Truffles and other confections including cotton candy as a filling or as the outer shell of a filled confection are disclosed, as are methods of making such confections. In methods of making such confections, fresh cotton candy is shaped as needed, and then the shaped cotton candy is caused or allowed to form a thin crust of sugar that protects the inner mass of cotton candy from infiltration by chocolate or other coatings. The thin crust may be formed by a simple process, such as aging the formed cotton candy at appropriate conditions of temperature and humidity, or it may be formed by actively moistening the formed cotton candy. The resulting formed mass of cotton candy can be coated and finished. In some cases, shaped cotton candy may be formed around a filling and caused or allowed to form an outer crust, such that the cotton candy forms the outer layer of a truffle.

An edible confectionery ink composition for 3D printing comprises: from 20% to 75% by weight of sweetener, preferably sugar, and from 15% to 50% by weight of a fat composition, wherein the fat composition comprises from 0% to 3% by weight of lauric acid (C12:0); and from 35% to 70% by weight of saturated fatty acid (SAFA); said percentages of acid referring to acids bound as acyl groups in glycerides in the fat composition and being based on the total weight of C8 to C24 fatty acids; and a percentage of saturated fatty acid on the second position of triglyceride out of total saturated fatty acid (Sn-2 SAFA %) from 8.0% to 40.0%; and wherein the fat composition has; from 50 to 90 solid fat content at 10° C.; and from 30 to 75 solid fat content at 20° C.; and from 5 to 30 solid fat content at 30° C.; measured on unstabilized fat according to ISO 8292-1.

The present disclosure is directed to a novel food ingredient, namely spray dried cacao pulp and spray dried cacao pulp on a carrier and methods of preparing and using the same.

A chocolate for frozen desserts having manufacturing suitability when combined with the frozen desserts, good hardness, good flavor, and good melting feeling in the mouth is provided.

The chocolate for frozen desserts comprises 15% by mass or more of a cacao component, 3 to 9% by mass of cocoa butter, and 43 to 50% by mass of oils or fats, wherein the oils or fats comprised in the chocolate satisfy the following conditions (a) to (c): (a) comprise 10% by mass or less of a straight-chain saturated fatty acid having 14 or less carbon atoms as a constituent fatty acid; (b) comprise 10 to 25% by mass of a straight-chain saturated fatty acid having 16 to 18 carbon atoms as a constituent fatty acid; and (c) comprise 65 to 85% by mass of an unsaturated fatty acid as a constituent fatty acid.

A method of making sugar cone spheres is disclosed having an interior of an edible filling such as ice cream or frozen yoghurt encapsulated by a wafer. The method includes: baking a wafer dough mix on a heated waffle iron to produce a wafer, shaping the wafer into a shape by placing the wafer between an outer mold and an inner half mold and pressing the outer mold against the inner mold, cutting the wafer at a perimeter of the shape to produce a half-molded wafer shell, adding an edible filling to a cavity of the half-molded wafer shell, adding another edible filling to a cavity of another half-molded wafer shell, joining a perimeter of the half-molded wafer shell and a perimeter of the other half-molded wafer shell, and freezing the half-molded wafer shell and the other half-molded wafer shell together to produce a bite-size edible treat.

A method of imparting pearlescence to a food product that includes applying a ready-to-use dispersion to a food product using confectionary panning, where the ready-to-use dispersion includes a pearlescent pigment, a cellulose derivative in an amount sufficient to enhance viscosity of the dispersion and impart a barrier coat to the food product, and a wax in an amount sufficient to impart a gloss to the food product. A method of incorporating a pearlescent pigment into a food product that includes applying a dispersion to a food product using panning, where the dispersion includes a pearlescent pigment, a viscosity enhancer, a fluid carrier, and a gloss agent.