US12568988USUSPTO Grant XML

Chocolate products, ingredients, processes and uses

The present invention provides a new composition obtainable from a plant in the Theobroma genus and the use of that composition as an ingredient in a chocolate product.

Patent

Brief

Patent brief

Problem

How can heat, airflow, and thermal load be managed more effectively in compact systems?

Novelty

Directed airflow is reinforced by front-page matches on duct.

Uses

Enclosure cooling, Rack airflow, Compact devices

Assignee

Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Madian Othman Abu-Hardan, Yvette Fleury Rey, Christina Vafeiadi, Joselio Batista Vieira

Domain

Thermal systems

Plain-English summary

Problem

How can heat, airflow, and thermal load be managed more effectively in compact systems?

Solution

provides a new composition obtainable from a plant in the Theobroma genus and the use of that composition as an ingredient in a chocolate product.

Key novelty

Directed airflow is reinforced by front-page matches on duct.

Applications

Enclosure coolingRack airflowCompact devices

Relevant search intents

duct

Claims preview

1 . A process for producing an intermediate material for use in chocolate product composition manufacture, the process comprising producing a material derived from a plant in the Theobroma genus, the process comprising the steps of: a. reducing the size of seeds and/or a portion of seeds of a plant in the Theobroma genus optionally in the presence of: i. pulp and/or an extract of pulp of a plant in the Theobroma genus, and/or ii. a non-pulp and non-seed portion of the fruit of a plant in the Theobroma genus, and b. if both of i. and ii. are not present in step a., mixing the product of step a. with either or both of i. and/or ii., wherein the steps a. or b. provide a paste, wherein the total amount of i. and or/ii. in the mixture is produced in step a. or step b. is between 1.0 and 80.0 as a weight percentage of the mixture and the amount of the seeds and/or the portion of seeds in the mixture produced in step a. or step b. is between 20.0 and 99.0 as a weight percentage of the mixture. 2 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the amount of seeds and/or the portion of seeds in the mixture is between 30.0 and 90.0 as a weight percentage of the mixture. 3 . The process of claim 1 , wherein the size reduction involves a step selected from the group consisting of grinding, milling, crushing, grating and/or powdering.

Linked approaches

Directed airflow

Air-channeling systems that improve cooling efficiency in enclosed devices.

Related patents

Cut potato product

USD1116345 • Lamb Weston B.V.

Cocoa and/or malt beverage products

US12568989 • Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.

Cut potato product

USD1116346 • Lamb Weston B.V.

Cut potato product

USD1116344 • Lamb Weston B.V.