Patent No. EP4256968 (titled "Chocolate Replicas Produced From Individual Components") was filed by Voyage Foods on Jul 15, 2022. The application was issued on Dec 25, 2024.
Producing chocolate-like products using plant-based substrates that mimic the flavor and aroma of traditional chocolate without using cocoa beans. The process involves extracting volatile and non-volatile compounds from food waste like seeds, oils, sugars, and salts to create a solid substrate. This substrate is then mixed with isolated volatile compounds found in cocoa beans but not present in commercial chocolate. The resulting chocolate replica has a similar flavor profile to real chocolate but without the variability and inconsistencies of traditional cocoa production.

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