Reduced calorie flavored popcorn

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1992-03-13

1993-06-01

Hunter, Jeanette

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...

Isolated whole seed, bean or nut, or material derived therefrom

426104, 426548, A23G 300, A23L 118, A23L 1236

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052157709

ABSTRACT:
Reduced calorie flavored popcorns are provided having flavored toppings containing significant quantities of polydextrose, together with water and one or more flavoring and sweetening agent(s), e.g., caramel, fruit flavorings or cinnamon, and a minor amount of sodium bicarbonate. Finished popcorns in accordance with the invention have a calorie content of up to about 100 calories per ounce, and in particularly preferred forms a calorie content of from about 60-65 calories per ounce, representing a 50% calorie reduction as compared with conventional products. Where air-popped popcorn is used, the calorie content is up to about 85 calories per ounce.

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Pfizer Polydextrose for the market that's shaping up, by Pfizer Chemical Division, 1985.
June Roth, Old-Fashioned Candymaking, 1974; Published by Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, Illinois 60610; 97-98, 103-105, 143-149.

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