Snack Food Having Large Surface Inclusions
AssigneeFrito-Lay North America, Inc.
InventorsHanny KANAFANI, Bernadette J. Domingo, Jack William Maegli, Destanie Amber Schneider
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Abstract
A snack food having large food flakes whereby the food flakes are substantially adhered to the food substrate by an adhesive. The food substrate may be any savory shelf-stable food known in the art such as a chips, pretzels, crispy bread products, popcorn, or nuts. A blend of the food flakes and the adhesive in its liquid form is applied to a food substrate. The topped food substrate is then subjected to changed process conditions to harden the adhesive, forming a bond between the food flakes and the food substrate.
Claims12
A packaged, topped snack food comprising, in proportions based upon the total weight of the topped snack food:
- about 50 to 95% by weight of a food substrate;
- about 5 to 55% by weight of an adhesive-flake blend, wherein said food flakes have dimensions substantially between about 4-20 mm in length, about 3-6 mm in width, about 2-4 mm in thickness, and bulk density of 1.5-4.0 g/cc, wherein said adhesive-flake blend comprises:
- about 0 to 54% by weight food flakes;
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- about 1 to 46% by weight adhesive, wherein said adhesive provides an adhering means for adhering said food flakes to said food substrate;
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- about 0 to 10% by weight seasoning powder.
The snack food of claim 11 wherein said food flakes of said adhesive-flake blend comprise about 0 to 12% by weight cheese shreds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.