| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain roast product having rich and mild taste and flavor and excellent color, and free from astringency, by roasting cacao bean or its processed product in an atmosphere containing oxygen gas at high concentration keeping the bean at a specific temperature. CONSTITUTION:The objective product can be prepared by roasting cacao beans, cacao nib, cacao mass, or cacao mass mixture in an atmosphere containing >=40vol% of exygen at 110-150 deg.C preferably for 1-30min. The roasting is carried out preferably by an indirect heating process for cacao beans and cacao nib, or by a heat-exchanger furnished with inner wall scraper for cacao mass. |
