Nutrition bar and process of making components

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2007-05-22

2007-05-22

Pratt, Helen (Department: 1761)

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Processes

Molding, casting, or shaping

C426S074000, C426S312000, C426S445000, C426S583000, C426S629000, C426S640000, C426S656000

Reexamination Certificate

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10371051

ABSTRACT:
A nutrition bar which incorporates protein in the form of nuggets having high levels of selected proteins. By use of the nuggets of the invention, nutrition bars are formulated to have elevated levels of protein, yet good taste and other organoleptic properties. The nuggets according to the invention include greater than 50 wt % of a non-soy protein selected from the group consisting of milk protein, rice protein and pea protein, especially between 51 wt % and 99 wt %, more preferably between 52 wt % and 95 wt %, most preferably 55 wt % or above. The milk protein is preferably whey protein.The nuggets of the invention are preferably made using an extrusion process wherein the extrusion temperature is moderated so as to avoid damage to the whey proteins and concomitant off-taste. In this preferred process according to the invention, extrusion is conducted at temperatures of from 60 to 140° C., after which the protein is dried using a belt/conveyor drier or a fluid bed drier. In an alternate method of making the nuggets according to the invention, a lower extrusion temperature of up to 90° C. is used and one or more supercritical fluids are injected prior to extrusion to form a puffed product.

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