Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Surface coated – fluid encapsulated – laminated solid... – Isolated whole seed – bean or nut – or material derived therefrom
Patent
1999-03-05
2000-02-15
Cano, Milton
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...
Isolated whole seed, bean or nut, or material derived therefrom
426138, 426302, 426303, 426306, 426309, 426660, A23G 300
Patent
active
060249951
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a food product having a shell with two sections of distinct materials, a soft filling within the shell, and an outer coating and a method to produce such food products.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Food products comprising a shell that encloses a soft filling and is covered externally with at least one coating layer are well know, particularly in the form of confectionary products. For example, the Ferrero.RTM. Group markets candies under the trademarks Rocher.RTM. and Confetteria Raffaello.RTM. in which a filling is enclosed in a shell of two hemispherical wafer half-shells covered in chocolate.
However, these known food products suffer from shortcomings. In particular, known products are unsuitable from both strictly technological and organoleptic points of view for production in the form of a chilled product. For example, one well-known food product uses warm binders, such as molten chocolate, in forming the shell. The warm binders are inherently incompatible with chilled products because the warm binders generally solidify at lower temperatures. An alternative process of producing food products at warm temperatures and subsequently cooling the food products is also undesirable because this production method degrades food product's taste and appeal. For example, cooled food may become undesirably chewy or hard.
Accordingly, there is a need for a food product having a shell, a filling within the shell, and an outer covering that can be chilled while preserving desirable organoleptic characteristics. Furthermore, there is a need for a method to produce, at relatively low temperatures, food products having a shell, a filling within the shell, and an outer covering.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention alleviates to a great extent the disadvantages of the known methods and apparatus by providing a food product having an inner soft filling, an outer covering, and a shell with two halves, one half-shell composed of wafer and the other half-shell composed of a moldable food substance.
In general, the present invention provides a shell with two half-shells of varying composition and physical characteristics. The two half-shell connect mouth end to mouth end to form the cavity containing the soft filling. In one embodiment, the half-shell composed of the moldable food substance is made from chocolate, and it optionally includes hazelnuts or cocoa butter. In another embodiment, the half-shell composed of wafer has a high sugar content, preferably 8-9% by weight. The half-shell composed of the moldable food substance is generally heavier than the wafer half-shell and may even be twice as heavy. In another embodiment, the half-shell composed of a moldable food substance is hemispherical, whereas the wafer half-shell is basin-shaped with a flat bottom. The wafer half-shell may even have a substantially frusto-conical shape. The half-shell composed of a moldable food substance may also have an indentation to hold an optional decorative element such as whipped cream supporting a disc-shaped object.
The present invention also provides varying fillings and outer coverings. For instance, one embodiment of the present invention has a soft filling containing a nut. Alternatively, the food product of another embodiment has an outer covering containing particulate matters such as chopped hazelnuts or grated coconuts. Furthermore, this particulate material may be located between two successive layers of the outer coating.
The present invention also provides a method of producing a food product having a soft inner filling, an outer coating, and a middle shell with two half-shells, one composed of a moldable food substance and the other composed of wafer. The process involves the steps of (1) providing a soft filling and at least two distinct half-shells, (2) coupling the half-shells to from a shell enclosing the filling, and (3) applying at least one coating to the shell. During this process, the steps of coupling of the half-shells and applying the coatings
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Soremartec S.A.
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