Method and apparatus for refining chocolate mass

Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Measuring – testing – or controlling by inanimate means

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426519, 426660, 366132, 366142, 3661511, 3661521, 3661654, 99348, 99485, 99486, 99487, 99493, A23G 106, A23G 110

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ABSTRACT:
In a method and an apparatus for refining chocolate mass within a trough, the trough contains at least one trough compartment wherein the chocolate mass is treated or conched. After entering the trough and after begin of operation of the machine, at least one additive, such as fat (cocoa butter), is added at a certain moment. Addition of the at least one additive is done into one compartment of the continuously operated conching machine. The composition of the chocolate mass is monitored after adding the additives by means of a spectrometer. An output signal of the spectrometer is used to control the added amount of the respective additive.

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