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US 8,137,720 B2Granted
Low sugar presweetened coated cereals and method of preparation
AssigneeGeneral Mills IP Holdings II, LLC
InventorsDaniel R. Green, Christine Nowakowski
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Abstract
A ready to eat breakfast cereal is prepared by coating dried cereal base pieces with a low sugar sweetener such as a high conversion maltodextrin or low conversion corn syrup that includes a high potency sweetener. The low sugar coating has a sugars content of less than 10% yet provides taste, texture, appearance and bowl life that mimics presweetened RTE cereals having a sucrose based coating.
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A method for preparing a pre-sweetened comestible, comprising the steps of:
- A. providing a base of food pieces, wherein the base includes low sugar dried food pieces;
- B. applying a low sugar coating composition as a coating or binder to the base in a weight ratio of base to coating composition ranging from about 100:5 to about 100:150 to provide a low sugar coated base, said coating composition cormprising:
- 80-99.9% by dry weight of a high conversion maltodextrin and/or low conversion corn syrup having a dextrose equivalent ranging from about 5 to less than 40 and an average degree of polymerization of at least 3;
- 0.01-2% by weight of at least one high potency sweetener;
- a sugar(s) content of less than 10% by weight;
- and
- about 1-15% by weight of a humectant, wherein the coating composition is applied in the form of a liquid slurry having a temperature ranging from about 95 to 150° C. and a moisture content ranging from about 5-10% by weight;
- and,
- C. drying the low sugar coated base to a moisture content ranging from about 1-6% by weight, wherein the low sugar coated base includes at least one particulate, said particulate ranging in size from about 0.5 to 4 mm.
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A sweetened dry coated comestible, comprising:
- about 40% to 95% by weight of a base of food pieces;
- and
- from about 5 to 60% by weight of a coating on at least a portion of the base pieces, said coating including:
- from about 0.01 to 2% by weight of a high potency sweetener;
- 80-99.9% of a high conversion maltodextrin or low conversion corn syrup having a dextrose equivalence ranging from about 5-less than 40 and a degree of polymerization of at least 3;
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- about 1-15% by weight of a humectant, wherein the coating is a glassy, non-sticky coating at room temperature.
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