The invention relates to the
food industry, and more particularly to a method of producing a chocolate
mass, and can be used for producing dark and
milk chocolate with a low calorific value. To produce the chocolate composition, an
aqueous solution of
erythritol is prepared, the solution is mixed with cocoa liquor, the resulting mixture is condensed and crystallized to produce crumb, containing (in wt%) 74-84
erythritol, 15-25 cocoa liquor and not more than 1.5 water, and the resulting crumb is mixed with
dietary fibres, a cocoa product in the form of cocoa liquor or cocoa butter and, optionally, powdered
milk products, in the following ingredient ratio (in wt%): 30-60 crumb, 5-30
dietary fibres, 30-40 cocoa liquor or 12-15 cocoa butter and 0-25 powdered milk. The melted chocolate composition is mixed with an
emulsion in the following ingredient ratio (in wt%): 80-95 chocolate composition and 5-20
emulsion. The technical result is an improvement in
organoleptic indicators, such as theintensity of the chocolate flavour, an absence of off-flavours and
aftertaste, a natural
sweetness and the texture of the chocolate, at the same time as a reduction in the calorific content of the chocolate, and also an improvement in such physical properties as
viscosity, yield stress, degree of shrinkage upon
crystallization, and firmness.