Shelf-Stable Food Product
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorsAkshay Arora, Jill Conley, Danielle Waite
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Abstract
A shelf stable, confectionary food product having a core and a confectionary coating. The core is formed from dehydrated crumbs, such as dehydrated cake crumbs sweetened with sugar, and a shortening-based matrix comprising shortening and water. When the dehydrated crumbs are combined with the shortening-based matrix, the crumbs rehydrate. The food product has a shelf life at room temperature of more than one month, such as more than 3 months, or more than 6 months, or up to 9 months.
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A shelf stable, confectionary food product comprising a confectionary coating over a core mixture comprising crumbs and shortening, the food product formed by a method comprising:
- (a) combining dehydrated crumbs having a moisture content less than 10% and a water activity of 0.2-0.6 with a shortening-based matrix comprising solid or semi-solid shortening and water at a ratio of the dehydrated crumbs to the shortening-based matrix of 1.5:1 to 0.75:1 to form a mixture;
- (b) forming the mixture into pieces;
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- (c) coating the pieces with a confectionary coating material having a water activity.
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A food product comprising:
- (a) a core formed from dehydrated crumbs having a moisture content of less than 10% and a water activity of 0.2-0.6 and a shortening-based matrix comprising shortening and water, a ratio of the crumbs to the shortening-based matrix being 1.5:1 to 0.75:1;
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- (b) a confectionary coating substantially enrobing the core.
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A shelf stable, confectionary food product having a first state at a first time and a second state different than the first state at a second time later than the first time, the food product having a confectionary coating over a core mixture comprising crumbs and shortening:
- wherein in the first state, the crumbs have a moisture content of less than 10% and a water activity of 0.2-0.6;
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- wherein in the second state, the crumbs have a moisture content of 5-8% and greater than when in the first state and a water activity of 0.5-0.8 and greater than when in the first state.
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