Printing of foods
AssigneeKeebler Company
InventorGeorge J. Krubert
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Abstract
A method of forming a printed food or baked product, and the product itself comprises forming a hard, non-porous icing surface by drying an icing mixture and printing one or more edible inks on the hard surface of the icing using a printing pad having an edible silicone oil therein. The icing may be in the form of a coating on a hard baked product. The specific gravity of the icing mixture before drying is between about 1.0 and 2.5 and, preferably, between about 1.05 and 1.5. The hard baked product has a finished moisture of between about 2-10% by weight of the finished baked product and, preferably, between about 2-8% by weight.
Claims17
A method of forming a printed food product comprising the steps of:
- forming an icing mixture having a specific gravity of between 1.0 and 2.5,
- shaping said icing mixture to have a surface,
- drying said icing mixture to form a hard, non-porous icing surface,
- transfer printing at least one edible ink to said hard dried surface of said icing, and
- drying said ink.
A printed food product comprising:
- a dried, hard, non-porous icing having a surface dried from an icing mixture having a specific gravity of between 1.0 and 2.5 before drying, and at least one edible ink transfer printed on said surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.