Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Gels or gelable composition
Patent
1990-01-30
1992-01-28
Penland, R. B.
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Gels or gelable composition
426104, 426250, 426516, 426518, 426577, 426615, 426639, 426803, A23L 105
Patent
active
050842960
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is concerned with a simulated fruit piece suitable for combination with a dry food product having a moisture typically of from 2-3% and wherein the fruit piece maintains its softness and the food product maintains its crispness after various storage conditions, said fruit consisting of fruit solids, a fruit concentrate, a thickening agent, edible food grade acid, sweeteners, coloring, and glycerol. The glycerol/sweetener combination functions as a humectant system which produces a fruit product with an Aw of between about 0.2 to 0.50. A process for preparing said fruit piece is also disclosed wherein a solid phase comprising a fruit solids is combined with a hot liquid phase and the mixture extruded into fruit ropes or strands and cut into the desired shape or form.
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Lugay Joaquin C.
Morimoto Keisuke
Newkirk Julia L.
Roy Pradip K.
Grim Linn I.
Kraft General Foods Inc.
Marcoux Thomas A.
Penland R. B.
Savoie Thomas R.
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