Sweetened food product and methods of preparation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10609947-B2
Application number	US-201213624002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2011
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

Described are coated food products having a sugar (sucrose) coating, the coating exhibiting desirable levels of sucrose crystallinity and a desired sucrose ratio (total sucrose per total soluble solids), as well as methods or preparing such coated food products and coating.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pre-sweetened comestible comprising a coated base, comprising:
a base and a dried coating at a surface of the base, the dried coating comprising sucrose and non-sucrose soluble solids, with the dried coating including a lower coating comprising amorphous non-sucrose soluble solids, and a top coating comprising about 80 to 100 weight percent sucrose and about 0 to 20 weight percent non-sucrose soluble solids,
wherein the total amount of sucrose in the dried coating is in a range from about 40 to about 80 percent on a dry basis, based on total weight dried coating, and
wherein the crystallinity of the sucrose in the dried coating is a measured crystallinity value that is greater than or equal to a calculated crystallinity (y) value calculated according to the formula:
crystallinity ( y )≥2.28 x 2 −1.19 x+ 0.28

wherein x is a sucrose ratio of weight sucrose per total weight soluble solids in the coating.

2. A comestible according to claim 1 wherein the dried coating comprises
from about 15 to about 50 weight percent non-sucrose soluble solids, and
from about 0 to about 15 weight percent insoluble solids.

3. A comestible according to claim 2 wherein the dried coating comprises from about 0.5 to about 4 weight percent oil.

4. A comestible according to claim 2 wherein the dried coating comprises about 1 to about 10 weight percent insoluble solids selected from the group consisting of cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, and a combination thereof.

5. A comestible according to claim 1 wherein:
the crystallinity is at least at least 0.30, and
the sucrose ratio is in a range between about 0.50 and about 0.80.

6. A pre-sweetened comestible comprising a coated base, comprising:
a base and a dried coating at a surface of the base, the dried coating comprising sucrose and non-sucrose soluble solids, with the dried coating including a lower coating comprising amorphous non-sucrose soluble solids, and a top coating comprising about 80 to 100 weight percent sucrose and about 0 to 20 weight percent non-sucrose soluble solids,
wherein the crystallinity of the sucrose in the dried coating is a measured crystallinity value that is greater than or equal to a calculated crystallinity (y) value calculated according to the formula:
crystallinity ( y )≥2.28 x 2 −1.19 x+ 0.28

wherein x is a sucrose ratio of weight sucrose per total weight soluble solids in the coating and
wherein:
the crystallinity is at least 0.50 percent, and
the sucrose ratio is in a range between about 0.40 and about 0.80.

7. A comestible according to claim 1 wherein:
the crystallinity is at least at least about 0.50 percent, and
the sucrose ratio is in a range between about 0.60 and about 0.80.

8. A comestible according to claim 1 comprising
about 40 to 95 weight percent of the base, and
about 5 to 60 weight percent of the dried coating.

9. A comestible according to claim 8 wherein the total amount of sucrose in the dried coating is in a range from about 40 to about 80 percent on a dry basis, based on total weight dried coating.

10. A comestible according to claim 8 wherein the dried coating comprises
from about 15 to about 50 weight percent non-sucrose soluble solids, and
from about 0 to about 15 weight percent insoluble solids.

11. A comestible according to claim 10 wherein the dried coating comprises from about 0.5 to about 4 weight percent oil.

12. A pre-sweetened comestible comprising a coated base, comprising:
a base and a dried coating at a surface of the base, the dried coating comprising sucrose and non-sucrose soluble solids, with the dried coating including a lower coating comprising amorphous non-sucrose soluble solids, and a top coating comprising about 80 to 100 weight percent sucrose and about 0 to 20 weight percent non-sucrose soluble solids,
wherein the crystallinity of the sucrose in the dried coating is a measured crystallinity value that is greater than or equal to a calculated crystallinity (y) value calculated according to the formula:
crystallinity ( y )≥2.28 x 2 −1.19 x+ 0.28

wherein x is a sucrose ratio of weight sucrose per total weight soluble solids in the coating, and
wherein the non-sucrose soluble solids are selected from the group consisting of corn syrup solids or glucose solids.

13. A comestible according to claim 1 , wherein the lower and top coatings are applied as slurries.

Assignees

• Barrett Christopher J
• Goedeken Douglas L
• Green Daniel R
• Huang Victor T
• Jacobson Lauren A
• Nowakowski Christine M
• Whitman Scott K
• Wojdyla Christensen Danielle M
• Gen Mills Inc

Inventors

• Barrett Christopher J
• Goedeken Douglas L
• Green Daniel R
• Huang Victor T
• Jacobson Lauren A
• Nowakowski Christine M
• Whitman Scott K
• Wojdyla Christensen Danielle M

Classifications

• A23G3/343

  Products for covering, coating, finishing, decorating · CPC title

• A23G3/0089

  Coating with atomised liquid, droplet bed, liquid spray · CPC title

• A23G3/0065 Primary

  Processes for making filled articles, composite articles, multi-layered articles · CPC title

• A23P20/10 Primary

  Coating with edible coatings, e.g. with oils or fats · CPC title

• A23L7/122

  Coated, filled, multilayered or hollow ready-to-eat cereals · CPC title