	US 12,268,225 B2
	Emulsion and process for making same
Jeroen De Paepe, Zottegem (BE); and Fabien Declercq, Le Grand Madieu (FR)
Assigned to Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US)
Filed by Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/536,672.
Application 18/536,672 is a division of application No. 15/539,029, granted, now 11,896,029, previously published as PCT/US2015/067278, filed on Dec. 22, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 14200146 (EP), filed on Dec. 23, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108025 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A23G 9/52 (2006.01); A23D 7/01 (2006.01); A23D 7/02 (2006.01); A23G 1/00 (2006.01); A23G 1/36 (2006.01); A23G 1/56 (2006.01); A23G 9/32 (2006.01); A23L 35/00 (2016.01)

CPC A23G 9/52 (2013.01) [A23D 7/011 (2013.01); A23D 7/02 (2013.01); A23G 1/0009 (2013.01); A23G 1/36 (2013.01); A23G 1/56 (2013.01); A23G 9/327 (2013.01); A23L 35/10 (2016.08); A23G 2200/08 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A process to produce an emulsion of an aqueous phase in a lipid phase, comprising the steps of:

a. Providing a lipid phase and an aqueous phase, and

b. Emulsifying the aqueous phase with part of the lipid phase to obtain a pre-emulsion of the aqueous phase in said part of the lipid phase, and

c. Optionally cooling the pre-emulsion obtained in step b, and

d. Adding part of the lipid phase under medium to low shear,

characterized in that the part of the lipid phase in step d. comprises non-fatty cocoa solids and/or non-fatty milk solids.