	US 12,439,935 B2
	Food compositions incorporating agricultural marc, and methods of producing thereof
Torey Arvik, Vallejo, CA (US); and Ralph Jerome, New Hope, PA (US)
Assigned to Sonomaceuticals, LLC, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Sonomaceuticals, LLC, Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/625,115.
Application 18/625,115 is a continuation of application No. 18/480,335, filed on Oct. 3, 2023, granted, now 11,974,586.
Application 18/480,335 is a continuation of application No. 17/503,179, filed on Oct. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,805,787, issued on Nov. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/092,976, filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0358036 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. A23G 1/48 (2006.01)

CPC A23G 1/48 (2013.01) [A23G 2200/14 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A food composition, comprising:

chocolate; and

milled agricultural marc, wherein the milled agricultural marc is a by-product of fruit juicing or fruit processing and comprises the remaining parts of the fruit that are not utilized in the fruit juicing or the fruit processing, and wherein the milled agricultural marc comprises at least two of seeds, skins, pulp, and rind,

wherein (i) the milled agricultural marc is present in an amount of between 1% and 50% by weight of the total food composition; or (ii) the weight ratio of chocolate to milled agricultural marc is between 1:1 and 100:1; or both (i) and (ii), and

wherein the milled agricultural marc is milled apple marc, milled citrus marc, or a combination thereof.