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Chocolate aeration – Art or science?

6 September 2011 | By Josélio Vieira, Principal Research Scientist, Nestlé Product Technology Centre and Venkata R. Sundara, Group Leader for Aerated and Filled Confectionery, Nestlé Product Technology Centre

Bubble inclusion into chocolate results in a foam in which the gas is dispersed in the continuous fat phase of mainly cocoa butter, which also contains sugar, cocoa and milk powder particles. Aeration allows chocolate products to have a low weight in relation to volume, thereby reducing the calories in…

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Current trends in spray drying research: Understanding the development of particle stickiness enables controlling agglomeration during dehydration

7 July 2011 | By Alessandro Gianfrancesco & Stefan Palzer, Nestle

Spray drying is a widely used technique to produce a broad range of industrial powders. For instance, within Nestle, the largest product volumes such as powdered infant formulas (e.g. NAN®) and pure soluble coffee (Nescafe®) are manufactured through spray drying. The goal for manufacturers of such powders is to make…

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Kit Kat arrives in Brazil

24 June 2011 | By Nestlé

Nestlé’s popular chocolate brand Kit Kat looks set to arrive in Brazil. Brazilians will have the opportunity to “Have a Break” and “Have a Kit Kat” when the snack lands in the country...