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US 5,516,541 AGranted
No dry coating process for sugar coated food products
AssigneeKellogg Company
InventorsJames C. Breslin, Alicia A. Perdon, James B. Holder, Stephen J. Kalchik, Jerald L. Longman
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for producing a sweetener coating on a food product. A superheated pressurized solution of the sweetener is sprayed on a heated food product to form a coating thereon.
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A process for producing a surface coating on a food stuff comprising:
- providing a hot food product
- providing a coating solution of a desired concentration and moisture content;
- pressurizing the coating solution;
- superheating the pressurized coating solution while essentially maintaining the solution moisture content;
- spraying the superheated concentrated solution of the coating onto the surface of the food product to form a coated food product.
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A method of controlling crystal formation in a sweetener coating process comprising:
- providing an aqueous solution of the sweetener;
- pressurizing the aqueous solution while essentially controlling the sweetener solution moisture content;
- and
- spraying the pressurized aqueous solution onto a surface whereby the sprayed solution is subjected to evaporative cooling during deposition of the sprayed solution onto the surface.
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A process for producing a surface coating on a food stuff comprising:
- providing a coating solution of a desired concentration and moisture content;
- pressurizing the coating solution;
- superheating the pressurized coating solution while essentially maintaining the solution moisture content;
- and
- introducing a hot food product into an environment wherein the pressure is below that of the pressurized coating solution;
- spraying the superheated concentrated solution of the coating into the environment so as to form a coating on the surface of the food product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.