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US 12,714,115 B2Granted
Edible coating composition and method for making and producing the same
AssigneeDawn Food Products, Inc.
InventorErwin De Waele
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a shelf-stable and freeze-stable edible coating composition comprising a crystalline phase and a non-crystalline phase and methods of making and producing the same.
Claims20
An edible coating composition with improved freezer stability comprising:
- a crystalline phase comprising a low solubility sugar with a crystal morphology, wherein the low solubility sugar has a lower solubility lower than sucrose and is selected from the group consisting of isomaltulose, maltose, and lactose, and a non-crystalline phase comprising a pectin in a non-gelled state ranging from about 0.2% to about 2% by weight and about 15% to about 45% by weight of water,
- wherein the crystalline phase and non-crystalline phase are present in a ratio by weight of about 2:1 to 1:2, and wherein a water activity of the non-crystalline phase is configured to prevent or reduce moisture migration between the edible coating composition and a foodstuff.
A method of making a coated foodstuff product, comprising:
- applying an edible coating composition onto a foodstuff to produce a coated foodstuff product, wherein the edible coating composition comprises a crystalline phase and a non-crystalline phase, wherein the crystalline phase comprises a low solubility sugar with a crystal morphology that has a solubility lower than sucrose and is selected from the group consisting of isomaltulose, maltose, and lactose, and wherein the non-crystalline phase comprises a pectin in a non-gelled state ranging from about 0.2% to about 2% by weight and about 15% to about 45% by weight of water,
- wherein the crystalline phase and non-crystalline phase are present in a ratio by weight of about 2:1 to 1:2, and wherein a water activity of the non-crystalline phase is configured to prevent or reduce moisture migration between the edible coating composition and the foodstuff.
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