Influence of cocoa butter refining on the quality of milk chocolate

Influence of cocoa butter refining on the quality of milk chocolate

Nathalie De Clercq, Kim Moens, Frédéric Depypere, José Vila Ayala, Gijs Calliauw, Wim De Greyt, Koen Dewettinck

A refining step is often crucial for the removal of undesired components in fats and oils. More flexible refining technologies are required due to a global decline in cocoa butter quality and to meet industry’s demand for cocoa butters with improved properties. The aim was to investigate the impact of the cocoa butter refining process on milk chocolate quality. Therefore a crude cocoa butter was subjected to a steam refining at different temperatures and this with or without a silica pretreatment. The major effect of the silica pretreatment was the complete removal of phosphorus (thus phospholipids), iron and alkaline components. During the steam refining step mainly Free Fatty Acids (FFA) were removed at increased temperatures (T⩾200°C). The refining of the cocoa butter influenced the rheological properties of the chocolate. An increased packed column temperature, coinciding with the removal of FFA, resulted in a …

Elsevier

2012

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English