Unfortunately the very popular Petzomat is derece built any more, but alternatives from other companies are available. Nowadays chocolate producers güç strongly reduce conching times if they insist on using pre-treated cocoa liquor of high flavour quality. Untreated cocoa is also still used, which then requires extra conching, like in former times.

Similar principles are followed for milk chocolates by developing milk powder pre-treatment procedures.

If you want to make modern smooth chocolate there is just no way around getting a melanger. It's the one bit of kit there is just no getting around. 

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The unit is jacketed for product temperature control and typically a multi valve opening in the bottom fitted with a large discharge augur.

Using cocoa beans instead of cocoa powder in chocolate production is an option, but ball mills do derece provide efficient results in grinding raw materials thicker than 1.5 - 2mm, so cocoa beans should be pre-grinded into a thick paste in an impact mill or beater blade mill.

Physically measurable properties of chocolate masses, like flow attributes or hardness, are correlated to sensory perceptions such bey snap, hardness, melting and the like. So in terms of texture it is possible to predict quality by measurements and thus to compare alternative technologies. This is much more difficult in terms of flavour. Of course white, milk and dark masses – ideally to be produced on the same equipment – taste different.

g. refiners1. It is also known, that operation is relatively noisy. An advantage is that batch sizes between 45kg and 5t are possible, which means a lot of flexibility for smaller companies.

Our PreFiner S allows pre-processing chocolate, filling and coating masses to a Chocolate TEMPERING MACHINE precise particle size. Maximum release of the bound fat with simultaneous calibration of crystallized sugar delivers a homogeneous product ready for refining.

Removal of undesired volatile off-flavours contained mainly in cocoa particles and developed during cocoa fermentation

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So in practice, chocolate makers will always have to negotiate individually with suppliers. This paper will provide an introduction to the possibilities on the market.

For example it was proposed to dry skimmed milk powder to below one per cent water and to coat it with fat, which allows us to perform a very short liquefaction process instead of classical conching2.

This means there are a lot more varieties in each category up to the specific ‘house tastes’ that are aimed at by individual chocolate manufacturers. So at the end of the day it is generally impossible to define the flavour for high quality and to compare and identify equipment to achieve it. If considering processing alternatives it will always be necessary to adapt recipes and technology to each other in order to get the desired result.