US Patent Issued to AAK on Oct. 27 for "Milk fat replacer for chocolate or chocolate-like products" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,987, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AAK (PUBL) (Malmo, Sweden).

"Milk fat replacer for chocolate or chocolate-like products" was invented by Bjarne Juul (Aarhus C, Denmark) and Hannah Solati Simonsen (Aarhus C, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a milk fat replacer suitable for use in a chocolate or chocolate-like product, wherein the milk fat replacer comprises triglycerides, having the ability to mimic the functionality of milk fat in terms of its effects when used in chocolate or chocolate-like products. Further, the invention relates to a product comprising said milk fat replacer in addition to va...