Cereal bars and methods of their manufacture
AssigneeKraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
InventorsEdward C. Coleman, Sharon R. Birney, Rita W. Brander
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Abstract
A cereal bar and its method of production is provided, in which the cereal bar comprises a pressed mixture including (I) a cereal mixture including ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal pieces and a first binder, (ii) a filler comprising a plurality of discrete agglomerates in which the agglomerates individually comprise a plurality of particles comprising milk protein product joined together with a second binder, and the first binder binds the cereal pieces and the agglomerates together. The cereal bars of the present invention provide nutritional value without sacrificing taste and flavor, as well as possess a reasonable shelf life during which the texture remains chewy without being sticky, hard, or crumbly.
Claims20
A cereal bar, comprising a self-supporting mixture of (I) a cereal mixture including ready-to-eat cereal pieces and a first binder, (ii) a filler comprising a plurality of discrete agglomerates wherein the agglomerates individually comprise a plurality of particles comprising milk protein product joined together with a second binder, wherein the first binder binds the cereal pieces and the agglomerates together.
A cereal bar comprising a mixture of:
- (I) a cereal mixture comprising about 25 to about 75 percent RTE cereal pieces, about 5 to about 15 percent glycerine, and about 20 to about 60 percent combined corn syrup products;
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- (ii) a filler comprising a plurality of discrete agglomerates bound together with a second binder, wherein the agglomerates individually comprise about 20 to about 70 percent plurality of particles comprising milk protein product selected from the group consisting of non fat dry milk, milk protein concentrate, milk protein isolate, and mixtures thereof, bound together with about 5 to about 60 percent of a second binder selected from the group consisting of vegetable shortening and glycerine, and mixtures thereof.
A method of making cereal bars, comprising the steps of:
- (I) forming a filler comprising mixing particles comprising milk protein product and a binder effective to form discrete agglomerates individually comprising a plurality of the particles bound together with a portion of the binder;
- (ii) combining the agglomerates with RTE cereal pieces to provide a premix;
- (iii) mixing the premix with a binder system to form a mix;
- (iv) pressing the mix;
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- (v) cutting the cereal bars from the pressed mix.
Cereal bars prepared by a method comprising the steps of:
- (I) forming a filler comprising mixing particles comprising milk protein product and a binder effective to form discrete agglomerates individually comprising a plurality of the particles bound together with a portion of the binder;
- (ii) combining the agglomerates with RTE cereal pieces to provide a premix;
- (iii) mixing the premix with a binder system to form a mix;
- (iv) pressing the mix;
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- (v) cutting the cereal bars from the pressed mix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.