Methods for heating compositions comprising edible inclusions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11723388
APP PUB NO 20210204570A1
SERIAL NO

16954479

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Methods of heating compositions comprising at least 20% (w/w) individually distinguishable edible inclusions are provided herein. The method of heating as disclosed herein comprises applying a first ohmic heating treatment to the composition, wherein the composition has at the end of the first ohmic heating treatment a temperature from 60° C. to 95° C.; applying a first holding step to the composition, wherein the temperature of the composition is at most 5° C. lower than the temperature of the composition after the first ohmic heating treatment; applying a second ohmic heating treatment to the composition, wherein the composition has at the end of the second ohmic heating treatment a temperature ranging from 75° C. to 110° C.; and applying a second holding step to the composition, wherein the temperature of the composition is at most 5° C. lower than the temperature of the composition after the second ohmic heating treatment, wherein the steps are performed as a continuous process with an initial back pressure of at least 4 bar.

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PURATOS N V1702 GROOT-BIJGAARDEN

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Preat, Ludovic Waudrez, BE 1 0

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