Fabricated fruit pieces and method of preparation

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1996-04-05

1998-02-17

Pratt, Helen

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...

Readily identifiable fruit or vegetable derived

426573, 426575, 426576, 426578, 426615, 426632, 426634, 426660, A23L 10522, A23L 105

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057189315

ABSTRACT:
A low fat coated dry fabricated fruit pieces are provided that simulate dried fruit pieces for use as a particulate additive in a Ready-To-Eat cereal. The coated fruit piece includes about 25% to 50% of a low moisture gelled center having high humectant levels and about 50% to 75% of a base coating comprising dried fruit material in particulate form and about 1% to 10% of thin film top coat. Methods for preparing such fabricated fruit pieces are provided comrising the steps of (A) forming a low moisture gelled center having high levels of humectant to form sticky gelled core pieces; (B) optionally coating the low moisture gelled center with dried particulate fruit to form a gelled center having a dried fruit particulate base coat; and (C) applying a final thin film coating comprising a sweetened aqueous dispersion of a film forming hydrophilic colloid.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2855315 (1958-10-01), Perrozzi et al.
patent: 4961943 (1990-10-01), Blanthorn et al.
patent: 5364643 (1994-11-01), Morimoto et al.

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