Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Surface coated – fluid encapsulated – laminated solid... – Readily identifiable fruit or vegetable derived
Patent
1988-04-06
1990-04-17
Kratz, Peter
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...
Readily identifiable fruit or vegetable derived
426302, 426304, 426310, 426321, 426324, 426331, 426615, 426620, 426640, A23B 714, A23B 708
Patent
active
049179101
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to the preparation of fruit for use in packaged dry foods, such as mixes and ready to eat cereal. A method of infusing high levels of liquid humectant into fruits such as raisins, without generating a stream of waste humectant, is disclosed. The method comprises applying a relatively high level of liquid humectant as a surface coating, and allowing the raisins to stand for enough time for most of the humectant to be absorbed into the fruit, before admixing the resulting fruit the dry food for packaging.
For dry foods having very low Water Activity levels, e.g. 0.30 and below, special means are disclosed for increasing the liquid humectant carrying capacity of the fruit, in order to accommodate very high levels of liquid humectant as a topical application, for infusion during a period of time in which the raisins are standing, e.g. during storage or shipment. These means include mechanical means, such as tumbling, or alternatively, ingredient means, such as the use of humectants containing thickeners.
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Hsieh FuHung
Racicot Linda D.
Raniwala Subodh K.
Young Lloyd S.
Kratz Peter
Latham Daniel W.
Matthews Matt C.
O'Halloran Joseph P.
The Quaker Oats Company
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