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US 2020/0345052 A1Published application
Energy and protein bar
AssigneeStokely-Van Camp, Inc.
InventorsJanique TYLER, Yosuf CHAUDHRY, Mark NISBET
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Abstract
A food bar includes a mixture of dry ingredients including a protein and a binder including a sweetener. The food bar is able to maintain an initial texture so that the amount of force required to cut the food bar after storage of the food bar is substantially the same as the amount of force required to cut the food bar initially.
Claims20
A cold-pressed food bar comprising,
- a mixture of dry ingredients comprising a protein, and
- a binder comprising a sweetener and an acid,
- wherein the food bar has an initial cutting force value of less than about 15,000 N/kg.
A process for making a food bar according, the process comprising combining a mixture of dry ingredients and a binder to form a blended composition, and
- pressing the blended composition to form a food bar,
- wherein the blended composition comprises a protein and
- wherein the binder comprises a sweetener and a fat.
A cold-pressed food bar comprising,
- a mixture of dry ingredients comprising a fruit base, a dairy base, a protein, a flavoring, and a colorant, and
- a binder comprising a fruit concentrate, a sweetener, a fat, an acid, and a water activity modulator,
- wherein the cold-pressed food bar has a Composite Desirability of at least 0.7.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.