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US 12,532,906 B2Granted
Shelf stable food coating
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsDoug Goedeken, Shintaro Pang, Goeran Walther
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Abstract
A coating having no non-intact sugar sources and having a good texture, flavor, structure, and bowl life is described. A coating includes erythritol in an amount of about 40% to about 70% by dry weight and a sprouted whole grain ingredient in an amount of about 10% to about 30% by dry weight. Also described are coated food pieces and methods of making coated food pieces using a novel coating.
Claims17
A coated food piece, comprising:
- a. a base food piece having a surface, and
- b. a coating on at least a portion of the surface, the coating including:
- i. erythritol in an amount of about 40% to about 70% by dry weight of the coating;
- ii. sprouted whole grain ingredient in an amount of about 10% to about 30% by dry weight of the coating, the sprouted whole grain ingredient having a sugar content of at least 30% or a carbohydrate content of about 60% to about 90%, the carbohydrate content having an average dextrose equivalent (DE) of greater than 30 DE;
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- iii. no non-intact sugar sources.
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A method of making a plurality of coated food pieces, the method comprising:
- a. providing a plurality of base food pieces each having a surface;
- b. applying a coating fluid to at least a portion of the surface of the plurality of base food pieces to form intermediate pieces, the coating fluid including:
- i. erythritol in an amount of about 40% to about 70% by dry weight of the coating fluid;
- ii. sprouted whole grain ingredient in an amount of about 10% to about 30% by dry weight of the coating fluid, the sprouted whole grain ingredient having a sugar content of at least 30% or a carbohydrate content with an average dextrose equivalent (DE) of greater than 30 DE;
- iii. a moisture content of about 10% to about 40% by weight of the coating fluid;
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- iv. no non-intact sugar sources;
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- c. drying the intermediate pieces to form the plurality of coated food pieces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.