Cereal presweetened with aspartame and method of preparation
AssigneeGeneral Mills, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Gajewski
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Abstract
Disclosed are comestibles, particularly ready-to-eat cereals, having an exterior coating sweetened with aspartame as well as methods of preparing such coated comestibles. The methods of preparation comprise: (a) preparing an aqueous suspension comprising sufficient amounts of vegetable protein isolates to provide a viscosity of 50 to 25,000 cp. (65.degree. F.) and from about 0.1% to 4% aspartame; (b) enrobing a comestible with the aqueous suspension at a temperature of from about 50.degree. F. to 100.degree. F. to apply sufficient amounts of aspartame so as to provide between about 0.05% to 0.4% aspartame; and then (c) drying the comestibles to a final moisture content of less than about 5%.
Claims11
A sweetened dry comestible, comprising:
- from about 1% to 20% of the comestible of a coating, said coating including from about 1% to 20% of a water-soluble vegetable protein isolate, and about 0.5% to 0.04% aspartame.
A method for coating a dry comestible with aspartame,
- comprising the steps of:
- A. providing an aqueous suspension, comprising
- (1) from about 0.4% to 4% by weight of the suspension of aspartame,
- (2) from about 1% to 30% of the suspension of a water soluble vegetable protein isolate and sufficient to provide the suspension with a viscosity of about 50 to 25,000 cp. (65.degree. F.).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.