Inclusion Learning Centre: Chocolate Coatings

ILC Chocolate Coatings- Header image with piles of white, milk & dark chocolate on whilte background

Chocolate is a highly moisture resistant option as an inclusion coating and is has a wide range of price points and options available within. From a premium dark or ruby chocolate coating to the delicious options in compound milk or white choc, and everything in between there is sure to be something to delight your customers and meet your desired taste profile. Chocolate coatings, in real or compound chocolate, can be applied as an outer coating on your inclusion or as a part of the flavour itself of the item in products like chocolate fudge or dark chocolate biscuit soft crunch.  Our team has even developed processes to partially coat the products in chocolate, allowing the strength of the inclusion flavour to be enhanced with a hint of chocolate (like in our Mint Kibble Dark Compound Partial Coat – 3334 as shown on the left).

Dark Real Vs Compound Chocolate
Dark Real Vs Compound Chocolate

Chocolate traces it’s history back over centuries to the hot drink and is now a popular flavour around the world for treats and snacks. Various forms of “real” chocolate are made with cocoa butter (the natural fats of the cocoa bean) and various amounts of other ingredients such as cocoa liquor or cocoa powder with sugar and milk to create the chocolate we know and love today. Compound chocolate is the product made with similar ingredients, but replacing some of the cocoa butter with other fats or oils, such as sustainably sourced palm oil, to create a product that meets the taste profile, use requirements,  or price point of the product’s target market.

3 Chocolates - Milk Dark White
3 Chocolates – Milk Dark White

FoodFlo International has also developed processes for usings chocolates that meet special requirements, such as sugar-free options where projects need chocolate coatings but have specific ingredient requirements or process restrictions.

No matter what your desired application, there is sure to be an ideal solution available. Our team are here to help you discover them.

Related Inclusions

Further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate – Chocolate – Wikipedia

https://readcacao.com/blog/ruby-chocolate-everything-you-need-to-know/ – Ruby Chocolate: Everything You Need To Know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couverture_chocolate – Couverture Chocolate – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_chocolate – Compound Chocolate – Wikipedia

Inclusions: Price Point

Inclusion Learning Centre E-Course Topic Header: Price Point - includes image of small tub of crunchy coffee & chocolate ice cream and family sized tub of honeycomb/hokeypokey ice cream (honeycomb balls in vanilla ice cream)

Every project has a target price point. If your development is in the premium end of the market, you may want to use a premium dark chocolate as a coating for your inclusion.

If your product is targeting the everyday end of the market, you may want to use a compound milk coating to suit the market.

Gourmet tub of chocolate & coffee crunch ice cream.
Family-sized tub of hokey pokey/honeycomb ice cream.

Ingredient choice, processing complexity and order volumes all impact price points of finished inclusions.

Targeting the right solution means including the price point considerations too.

Not matter what your requirements are, our team are here to help.

Further reading:

Creating a Food Product Design Brief: https://nzifst.org.nz/resources/creatingnewfoods/product_concepts6.htm

Inclusions: Confectionery Inclusions

Inclusion Learning Centre - Confectionery Inclusions Title with jars of confectionery inclusion samples

Amongst the various categories of inclusions, FoodFlo International focuses on quality food inclusions. Our range includes confectionery inclusions, such as fudge and honeycomb and non-confectionery options such as brownie pieces, coffee bean kibbles, cookie doughs and more. 

Stacked Large Sample Jars with mixed inclusions
Various confectionery inclusion samples

Confectionery inclusions are exactly that, pieces of confectionery treats, specially formulated and manufactured to suit the application and inclusion requirements of your project. Common examples would be honeycomb (hokey pokey) ice cream or chocolate bars.

FoodFlo International provides a wide selection of inclusion products within the inclusion range including:

Each range of inclusion treats within the confectionery range has a unique set of properties and characteristics that are designed to delight and perform under various circumstances. Not sure where to go from here? Looking for some help to investigate your options? Our team are here to help.

Further reading:

Innovations and new products – https://foodflo.co.nz/innovations/

Inclusion Range – https://foodflo.co.nz/inclusions/

Development Process & Options – https://foodflo.co.nz/innovations/development-process-options/

Confectionery – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confectionery

Sugar Confectionery – an overview – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/food-science/sugar-confectionery

Food Production Operations – Confectionery – https://www.tutorialspoint.com/food_production_operations/food_production_operations_confectionery.htm