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US 8,980,355 B2Granted
Food product with filling
AssigneeThe Quaker Oats Company
InventorRobert Chatel
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Abstract
The bulk density of food products with a center fill mat can be reduced by expanding the food strands making up the center fill mat. A method for producing food products with fillings having low bulk density includes preparing the food strands by passing dough through small holes, and enclosing the food strands by a first layer and a second layer.
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A method for producing a food product comprising:
- preparing first and second layers for an outer shell of the food product;
- preparing a dough;
- preparing a plurality of food strands for forming a center-fill mat for the food product;
- wherein the food strands are formed by passing the dough through small holes;
- depositing the food strands randomly on the first layer, entangling with one another as the plurality of food strands fall to form the center-fill mat thereon;
- covering the first layer and the center-fill mat with the second layer to form an intermediate product;
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- post-processing the intermediate product to form the food product having a filling, wherein the food product comprises a lower bulk density than the same food product in which the filling dough comprises cereal shreds.
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