Cheese-filled snack
AssigneeNabisco, Inc.
InventorRichard H. Biggs
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Abstract
Snacks with smooth, creamy cheese fillings contain pregelatinized rice flour in the filler and casing portions can be baked or microwaved. The cheese filling contains cheese and pregelatinized rice flour, and does not dry out or leak out on storage or heating. In preferred embodiments, pregelatinized rice flour comprises from about 5 to about 20% by weight of the filler portion. Some embodiments also contain fat and powdered cheese in the filler portion. The casing contains potato flakes and pregelatinized rice flour and retains its structural integrity and does not slip on heating. In preferred embodiments, potato flakes and pregelatinized rice flour comprise from about 10% to about 30% by weight of the starch component in the casing portion.
Claims20
A filled snack product comprising:
- (a) a filler portion comprising cheese and pregelatinized rice flour;
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- (b) a casing portion comprising potato flakes and pregelatinized rice flour.
A cheese-filled snack product comprising a filler portion comprising cheese, fat and pregelatinized rice flour, and a casing portion comprising flour, potato flakes and pregelatinized rice flour.
A method for maintaining the structural integrity of a cheese-filled snack product and providing a creamy filling when the product is heated comprising incorporating pregelatinized rice flour in the filler portion of the product and pregelatinized rice flour and potato flakes in the casing portion of the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.