Fruit particle analog
AssigneeCereal Ingredients, Inc.
InventorsGregory Rollins, John A. Fontana
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Abstract
The present invention is to an edible carrier for flavor or color or flavor and color. The edible carrier contains a starch-bearing material, a balking agent and a coloring or flavoring agent. The edible carrier has a texture ranging from soft to flinty and retains the coloring or flavoring agent when added to a high moisture medium such as a dough or batter.
Claims33
A fruit particle analog for use in a dough or a batter matrix, consisting essentially of:
- a flour or a re-worked component;
- a balking agent selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, oligosaccharides and gum wherein the ratio of balking agent to flour is about 1:1 to about 2:1 by weight or greater;
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- a coloring agent, wherein the fruit particle analog retains the color of the coloring agent when added to the dough or batter matrix.
A fruit particle analog for use in a dough or batter matrix, consisting essentially of:
- a flour;
- sucrose wherein the ratio of sucrose to flour is greater than about 2:1 by weight;
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- fruit flavors selected from the group consisting of apple, cherry, plum, raisin, banana, all berries, pear, peach, figs and dates.
A chocolate chip analog, consisting essentially of:
- flour;
- sucrose and, optionally, guar gum, in a weight concentration of about 1:1 to the flour;
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- a chocolate flavoring wherein the chocolate chip analog maintains its shape when baked in a dough or batter and subjected to an elevated temperature.
An edible carrier for flavor or color or flavor and color for use in a water-containing matrix, consisting essentially of:
- a starch-containing material;
- a balking agent selected from the group consisting of monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, oligosaccharide, and gum wherein the ratio of balking agent to starch-containing material is about 1:1 to about 2:1 by weight or greater;
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- a coloring or flavoring agent or coloring and flavoring agent, wherein the edible carrier retains the coloring and/or flavoring when the edible carrier is submersed in the water-containing matrix.
An edible array of edible carrier particles of color or color and flavor, consisting essentially of:
- a first collection of edible carrier particles of substantially the same color and substantially the same size wherein the carrier particles comprise components of flour and sucrose in a weight ratio of 1:1;
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- a second collection of edible carrier particles of substantially the same color, different from the first collection, wherein the first collection and the second collection are mixed together to form the edible array.
A nutraceutical or pharmaceutical carrier, consisting essentially of:
- a starch containing material;
- a balking agent selected from the group consisting of monosaccharide, disaccharide, polysaccharide, oligosaccharide, and gum wherein the ratio of balking agent to flour is about 1:1 to about 2:1 by weight;
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- a nutraceutical or pharmaceutical mixed with the starch containing material and the balking agent to form a particle, wherein the nutraceutical or pharmaceutical is substantially free of heat degradation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.