Method and apparatus for producing edible fat-based shell for confectioneries and confectioneries produced thereby
CA 2557474 C · Owner: Nestec S.A. · Inventors: Talbot, Michael Lee; Wolever, Dennis Scott
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming an edible fat-~based shell upon a packaging support having a desired shape that defines a volume therein. One or more walls of consistent thickness are formed directly on the packaging support from an amount of an edible shell-forming composition. The composition includes one or more fats and has a plastic , viscosity of about 10 to 40 Poise and a yield value of about 50 to 250 dynes/cm2 prior to forming the shell on the support. The walls of the edible fat-based shell preferably have the shape of a cup cone, or other open top , receptacle and a filling is at least partially retained within therein. The shells …
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- Filed February 14, 2005 and granted November 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 14, 2025.
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