Preparation of cocoa product

摘要

A process for the preparation of a sugar free cocoa beverage powder mix containing malto-dextrin intended to be dispersed in milk to prepare the beverage which comprises batch mixing the ingredients, grinding the batch mixed ingredients, wetting with from 10 to 25% by weight of water, agglomerating the wet ground batch mixed ingredients in an agglomeration system, allowing the wetted agglomerated mix to rest for a period of up to 120 seconds, and finally drying.