USES OF BRAN FROM TANNIN AND BLACK SORGHUM AS A COCOA EXTENDER AND NATURAL COLORANT

摘要

The present invention contemplates a formulation comprising an amount by weight of cocoa and an amount by weight of a sorghum bran-based cocoa extender wherein the bran fraction is selected from non-tannin sorghum, low tannin sorghum, high tannin sorghum, black sorghum, black tannin sorghum and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates a method of preparing a foodstuff comprising a sorghum bran-based cocoa extender by providing a sorghum grain, removing the bran fraction from the sorghum grain, grinding the bran fraction and adding a desired amount of the bran fraction to a cocoa-containing foodstuff In another embodiment, the present invention contemplates a method of preparing a foodstuff comprising a sorghum bran-based cocoa extender by providing a recipe for a cocoa-containing foodstuff that specifies an amount of cocoa, ingredients for preparing the foodstuff that include cocoa, and a bran fraction of sorghum grain and preparing the cocoa-containing foodstuff by replacing a portion of the cocoa specified in the recipe with the bran fraction.