Animated food, food additive and method
AssigneeThe Quaker Oats Company
InventorsPaula M. Manoski, Michelle Salazar, John J. Smith, Robert F. Boutin, Thomas J. Hinkemeyer
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Abstract
An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in appearance from the appearance of the animating mass prior to dispersion.
Claims56
A food product comprising:
- an inner substantially non-dispersible in water solid edible mass contained within an outer water dispersible solid edible mass, the inner mass in the shape of an object and being different in appearance from the outer mass and of sufficient size to provide a readily discernible shape to the unaided eye.
A food product comprising:
- a substantially non-dispersible in water edible mass comprising a core comprising sugar which has an inner coating comprising wax over the core and an outer coating over the inner coating comprising confectioner's glaze, the food product being of sufficient size to provide a discernible shape to the unaided eye.
A method of making a food product comprising:
- forming a substantially non-dispersible in water solid edible mass in the shape of an object and of sufficient size to provide a readily discernible shape to the unaided eye;
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- encasing the substantially non-dispersible in water solid edible mass in an outer water dispersible solid edible mass.
A method of making a food product comprising:
- forming a substantially water dispersible edible mass in the shape of an object;
- coating the substantially water dispersible edible mass with a continuous coating of a non-dispersible in water material to render the water dispersible edible mass at least substantially non-dispersible in water, said coated solid edible mass having sufficient size to provide a readily discernible shape to the unaided eye;
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- encasing the coated dispersible edible mass in a water dispersible solid edible coating.
Animated food comprising a mixture of an edible food and an edible food additive composed of a substantially non-dispersible in water solid edible mass of sufficient size in the shape of an object to provide a readily discernible shape to the unaided eye encased in a water dispersible solid edible mass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.