IPC Subclass
A23G COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; PREPARATION, TREATMENT OR PRESERVATION THEREOF
- Subclass:
- COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
Description
A23G encompasses processing, formulation, and manufacturing technologies for chocolate, cocoa-based products, confectionery items, chewing gum, and ice-cream, including methods for preparation, treatment, and preservation of these products. The classification covers cocoa substitutes and functional additives integrated into sweet foodstuffs, as well as equipment and processes specific to their production. It excludes non-food applications of cocoa derivatives and addresses the technical aspects of formulation, texturing, and preservation rather than nutritional or therapeutic claims.
Related Keywords
manufacture of DAIRY PRODUCESHAPING chocolate, confectionery or ice-cream
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A23G 1/00 Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
- A23G 3/00 Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
- A23G 4/00 Chewing gum
- A23G 7/00 Other apparatus specially adapted for the chocolate or confectionery industry
- A23G 9/00 Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor