Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.

Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.

Methods for the production of a confectionery product having a sugar-free coating covering include applying an isomalt-containing coating medium to at least one confectionery core to obtain a coating layer enveloping the core, sprinkling at least one powdered rice starch isomalt composition onto the coating layer core to obtain a coating film, and crystallizing the coating film. The methods include applying the isomalt-containing coating medium to the at least one coating film to obtain at least one further coating layer, sprinkling the at least one powdered rice starch isomalt composition onto the further coating layer to obtain a further coating film, and crystallizing the further coating film. The method includes applying the isomalt-containing coating medium at least once to further coating film to obtain at least one further coating layer without subsequent sprinkling of the at least one powdered rice starch isomalt composition onto the coating layer.

Disclosed are compositions useful for improving or enhancing the organoleptic properties, especially mouth feel and surface cooling effect, of pellet chewing gum. The compositions having a core chewing gum region with a Shore A hardness of less than 40, specifically less than 35; and a friable coating region providing a significant cooling effect as exhibited by rapid endothermic surface coating dissolution.

The invention provides a confectionery composition comprising: a) at least one fructan; b) at least one isomaltose oligosaccharide (IMO); and c) at least one further soluble dietary fibre ingredient.

The invention provides a confectionery composition comprising: a) at least one fructan; b) at least one isomaltose oligosaccharide (IMO); and c) at least one further soluble dietary fibre ingredient.

Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.

Ice cream products and preparation methods are provided for reducing sugar content while maintaining the sweetness of the ice cream, and/or for enhancing ice cream resistance resistant against iciness and texture damage due to temperature fluctuations. Ice cream products comprise a mixture of between 4-15 wt % dietary fibers, mixed with milk powder, 25-70 wt % milk and 0-29 wt % cream, between 1-40 wt % of a microcrystalline sugar-in-oil suspension (e.g., having D50<15 m), added to the mixture after cooling and optionally aging, and gently homogenized therewith. The micronized sugar (remaining in part within the fat globules) enhances the sweetness, and together with the addition of the dietary fibers to the initial mixture-synergistically enhance the ice cream's resistance to iciness and texture damage due to temperature fluctuations.

Materials and methods for producing chocolate replicas from individual components are provided herein.