The present invention relates to agricultural marc, and food compositions incorporating such agricultural marc to improve the texture, flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, nutritional content, or shelf life of the food composition. In one example, the agricultural marc may be obtained from Chardonnay grapes, which when incorporated into chocolate can give the resulting composition an altered flavor and/or aromatic profile.

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

The present invention relates to agricultural marc, and food compositions incorporating such agricultural marc to improve the texture, flavor, aroma, mouthfeel, nutritional content, or shelf life of the food composition. In one example, the agricultural marc may be obtained from Chardonnay grapes, which when incorporated into chocolate can give the resulting composition an altered flavor and/or aromatic profile.

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.