Patent References 2082313 2784096 3168217 3637402 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/114748 filed on 01/24/1980US Classes:426/660, Confection426/312, CONTACTING FOOD IN LIQUID OR SOLID STATE WITH EXTERIORLY PRODUCED GAS426/317, Lacteal material426/474, Including gas-liquid contact426/631CocoaExaminersPrimary: Lindsay, Robert L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA23G 1/20 (20060101)A23G 1/04 (20060101) A23G 3/02 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1978-07-27 GBAbstractA method and apparatus for producing a cellular product, such as cellular chocolate, in which the first component of the product, e.g. the chocolate, in liquid form, has introduced into it a second gaseous component which is largely soluble in the liquid first component, the gas is dispersed in the first liquid component uniformly so that it is dissolved throughout the liquid, the pressure is released suddenly, so that the dissolved component forms gaseous bubbles in the liquid and the first component in the resulting product is then solidified by cooling. | |