method for processing cocoa beans or pulp, cocoa powder, method for producing chocolate or chocolate-like products or chocolate or chocolate-like products
It is a method for processing cocoa beans or pulp which comprises the steps of: (a) adding water to cocoa beans or pulp to form a suspension； (b) wet grinding said suspension； (c) subjecting said suspension to heat treatment at a temperature of 70 ° C or less； (d) separating the suspension into: an aqueous phase (heavy phase), a fat phase (light phase) comprising cocoa butter and a solid phase comprising cocoa powder and fluid components； (e) continuously separating the fluid components from the solid phase obtained in (d) to obtain cocoa flavor and cocoa powder by providing a flow of said solid phase to a mixing device； wherein the mixing device comprises: a cylindrical and tubular body with a horizontal axis having a solid phase inlet opening, a solid dry phase outlet opening and an optional aroma phase vapor phase outlet opening cocoa beans； end plates that close the tubular body at its opposite ends； a coaxial coating that heats or cools the inner wall of the tubular body at a temperature of 55 ° C to 150 ° C； and a bladed rotor, which is sustained for rotation in the tubular body, with its blades arranged as a propeller and oriented to centrifuge the solid phase and simultaneously transporting it toward the outlet opening.trata-se de um método para processar grãos ou polpa de cacau que compreende as etapas de: (a) adicionar água a grãos ou polpa de cacau para formar uma suspensão； (b) realizar moagem a úmido da dita suspensão； (c) submeter a dita suspensão a um tratamento a quente a uma temperatura de 70 °c ou menos； (d) separar a suspensão em: uma fase aquosa (fase pesada), uma fase gordurosa (fase leve) que compreende manteiga de cacau e uma fase sólida que compreende pó de cacau e componentes fluidos； (e) separar continuamente os componentes fluidos da fase sólida obtida na (d) para obter aroma de cacau e pó de cacau através do fornecimento de um fluxo da dita fase sólida a um dispositivo misturador； em que o dispositivo misturador compreende: um corpo cilín
