Fruit and vegetable films and uses thereof

Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Gels or gelable composition

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C426S138000, C426S573000, C426S576000, C426S577000, C426S578000, C426S512000, C426S089000, C428S035200, C428S034800, C428S035600, C428S411100, C428S532000, C428S533000

Reexamination Certificate

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08048466

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to monolayer, bilayer, and multilayer films made from fruit, vegetable or a combination thereof, which films have the thinness, strength, flexibility, and crispness to serve as alternates or substitutes for seaweed-based films such as nori, while providing the nutrition and flavor of fruits and vegetables. The films are useful for wrapping around a multiplicity of foods, and can be used to provide wrapped foods, including for example fruit and vegetable wrapped sushi and onigiri.

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Product Wrapper—“Fruit Sticks” Distributed by Twin Laboritories, Inc. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 USA.

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