The present disclosure provides freeze-dried chocolate and a preparation process thereof, and belongs to the fields of chocolate processing technology and freeze-dried food processing technology. The freeze-dried chocolate provided by the present disclosure uses a chocolate powder with a total fat content of ?25% and a particle size of ?35 ?m as an ingredient. The chocolate powder is mixed with a solvent to successively undergo filling, freeze-forming, freeze-drying, and demolding to obtain the freeze-dried chocolate. A skeleton for constructing a porous structure of the freeze-dried chocolate provided by the present disclosure includes non-fat materials, which do not construct a continuous fat phase and do not have the problem of deformation, collapse, and oil-off caused by oil/fat melting at high temperatures.

The present invention refers to a method and a machine for packaging a food product by means of foil-type half-shells, wherein the foil-type half-shells are trimmed before being loaded with the food product, the trimming unit for trimming foil-type half-shells being located outside a food processing unit in which food products are loaded into foil-type half-shells.

A method of producing a multi-layered confectionery shell and a method of producing a plurality of confectionery shells are provided. The distance the stamp is pressed into the mold cavity in a second phase is shorter than the distance the stamp is pressed into the mold cavity in a first phase.

Described herein is a confectionery product (10) having a hollow body (10A) formed by at least one first material that defines an outer surface of said product, wherein present on the outer surface is a second material, different from said first material, which reproduces a decorative element.

The product is characterized in that said body comprises a first outer layer (20), formed by said first material, which comes to define a prevalent portion of said outer surface, and a second layer (22), formed by said second material, which is set internally, on said first layer, wherein said first layer (20) has an opening (20) that allows a portion (22A) of said second layer to emerge on said outer surface so as to form said decorative element.

The present invention provides a snack food with a bar-like body and a food portion that comprises at least one type of chopped nuts, chopped grains, and chopped dried fruit wrapped at one end of the bar-like body. The food portion is bound into a solid body by means of a food binder. A nut food is applied to a bar-like body to manufacture the food into a lollipop shape, and the food portion can be stably fixed on the bar-like body by means of a special structure of a fixing end of the bar-like body. The proportions of the nuts, grains, and/or fruit in the present invention is greater than half of the weight of the food portion; thus, the food has rich nutrition, does not cause excess sugar intake, and is a snack food suitable for consumers of all ages.

Described is an edible lid comprising: a body, formed via a molding process, comprised of one or more primary ingredients, the body comprising: a top portion formed into an improved ice cream swirl shape; a base portion sized to fasten the edible lid to a container, and a hollow cavity, configured to carry a secondary ingredient, formed by an interior of the edible lid.

Disclosed herein are a hot liquid preparation food product and method for making the same. According to some embodiments, the hot liquid preparation food product comprises an outer shell which is formed from an edible ingredient, such as chocolate or crystalline sugar, that melts when dropped or immersed in hot liquid, such as water or milk. The outer shell defines a void or space within which is contained a filler ingredient, such as powdered drink mix, liquid drink mix, alcohol, candy, marshmallow, spice, etc. Upon being dropped or immersed in hot liquid, the outer shell of the food product melts, thereby releasing the filler ingredient into the hot liquid and flavoring the liquid.

This invention provided an edible product having a plurality of adjacent extruded product portions comprising one or more of chocolate, baked or unbaked cereal-based composition, or cheese. The portions are connected to one another along their length by a frangible connecting portion. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a product. The method includes providing an extrusion die having a linear array of at least two interconnected openings therein; and extruding product portions through the die to produce the product. The product comprises at least one or more edible materials comprising: chocolate products, baked or unbaked cereal-based composition, or cheeses.

A method for printing a three-dimensional crystalline structure such as a chocolate layer wherein, after printing, the material has a desired crystal structure and a plurality of non-random cavities. An embodiment can include printing a liquid first layer of material with a printer onto a second layer of material having a crystal structure. Subsequently, the printed liquid first layer is processed to solidify the first layer. During the processing of the printed liquid first layer, the second layer functions as a crystal seed layer through physical contact with the printed liquid first layer and the second layer crystallizes with the crystal structure. In some embodiments, confections may be formed from high-quality chocolate, where the confection has a reduced caloric content with acceptable mouthfeel. In other embodiments, a confection may have a previously unrealized mouthfeel and taste.

A method for producing a consumable product (18), in particular a chocolate product, from at least two shell shapes (13, 13.1, 13.2), which are connected to one another, at least in part, along their shell peripheries (12, 12.1, 12.2), wherein a liquid consumable substance (3) is introduced into a mold (2) and then at least one die (4) is plunged into the consumable substance (3) and, by virtue of the consumable substance (3) at least partially solidifying in the mold, a shell shape (13, 13.1, 13.2) is imparted to said consumable substance, and wherein a second die (5) is introduced into the shell shape (13) and, by virtue of said die, a peripheral region of the shell shape is compressed in the upward direction.