Packaged popcorn confection, and method for manufacturing same
AssigneePCO Group GmbH
InventorsSTEFAN LEMKE, RAFAL WISNIEWSKI
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Abstract
A packaged popcorn confection includes a container, a popcorn layer of a prepared popcorn in the container, a coating that covers a part of a top of popcorn layer and which holds together the popcorn layer, and a foil bag which encloses the container, the popcorn layer, and the coating in an airtight manner. The coating includes a couverture that is flowable when heated and solid when cooled and/or and a solidified glaze.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A packaged popcorn confection comprising:
- a container;
- at least one popcorn layer of a prepared popcorn in the container;
- a coating that covers a part of a top of the at least one popcorn layer and which holds together the at least one popcorn layer, the coating comprising at least one of,
- a couverture that is flowable when heated and solid when cooled, and
- a solidified glaze;
- and
- a foil bag which encloses the container, the at least one popcorn layer, and the coating in an airtight manner.
A method of manufacturing a packaged popcorn confection for popcorn and at least one of a couverture that is flowable when heated and solid when cooled and a glaze which is flowable and which solidifies, the method comprising:
- providing a container;
- filling the container with a popcorn layer of the popcorn;
- applying at least one of the couverture which has been heated to a flowable state and the glaze in a flowable state to a top of the popcorn layer so that the at least one of the couverture and the glaze partially cover the popcorn layer;
- forming a solid coating which covers and holds together a part of the popcorn layer in the container by at least one of cooling the couverture and solidifying the glaze;
- and
- packaging the container with the popcorn layer and the coating in a gas-tight foil bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.