Encapsulated corn kernels and method of forming the same
AssigneeSouthwest Research Institute
InventorsChel W. Lew, Darren E. Barlow
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Abstract
Encapsulated corn kernels consisting essentially of a kernels of corn suitable for popping coated over at least a portion of the outer surface thereof with an edible oleaginous substance or edible wax and thereover with an outer shell of an edible polymer. The process of making such encapsulated kernel; and microwaveable corn products consisting essentially of the encapsulated corn kernels in a microwaveable package.
Claims10
Encapsulated corn kernels consisting essentially of kernels of corn suitable for popping coated over at least a portion of the outer surface thereof with an edible oleaginous substance or edible wax and thereover with an outer shell of an edible polymer.
The method of encapsulating corn kernels comprising first coating at least a portion of the outer surface of said kernels with an edible oleaginous substance or edible wax and subsequently encapsulating said coated kernels with an edible polymer to form an outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.