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Baked confections and process for the preparation thereof

Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd
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Filing: 1976-04-28
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Granted: 1977-10-11
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Expires: 1996-04-28
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Abstract

Abstract Baked confections are prepared by coting edible particles, such as seeds or nuts or other particles of various foods, alternately with edible flour, such as cereal flours, or starches, and aqueous solutions such as a corn syrup, a sugar solution, a gum solution, or a dextrin solution in a coating device such as a revolving pan or drum until the size of the coated particles reach a predetermined size corresponding to the size of the inner cavity of a baking mold, subsequently baking such coated particles in a baking mold consisting of upper and lower matching units and having a desired shape, with or without engravings on its inner surface. The baked confections can be prepared in any shape in which the edible particle is in a movable state within the open space of the shell layer.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jiro Chino
  • 👤 Kazuhiko Nakada

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 14:54
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G3/00; A23G3/02; A23G3/20; A23L; A23L25/00; A23L25/20; A23L25/25; A23L5/00; A23L5/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 253 words
A process for the preparation of mold-baked confections, comprising the steps of: coating edible particles alternately with an aqueous viscous solution selected from the group consisting of a corn syrup, a sugar solution, a gum solution and a dextrin solution and mixtures thereof, and a leavening agent selected from the group consisting of ammonium carbonate and sodiumbicarbonate, and with an edible flour composition comprising more than 40% of self-nonexpandable cereal flour or starches selected from the group consisting of wheat flour, rice flour, maize starch and potato starch and less than 60% of selfexpandable cereal flours or starches selected from the group consisting of α-waxy rice flour and α-waxy maize starch, in a rotating coating device, said coating operation being repeated until the coated particles reach about 60 to 90% of the size of the inner cavity of a baking mold, the moisture of the coated layer of said coated particles being in an amount of about 15 to 22% by weight of the coated layer; placing said coated particles in the baking mold consisting of upper and lower matching units and having a cavity of a desired shape; and after joining together said upper and lower parts of said baking mold, baking said coated particles in said mold at a temperature in the range of from 150° C to 200° C for a period of time sufficient to cause the coated compositions of said coated particles to expand so that the cavity of said baking mold is filled with the expanding materials.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 253 words
A process for the preparation of mold-baked confections, comprising the steps of: coating edible particles alternately with an aqueous viscous solution selected from the group consisting of a corn syrup, a sugar solution, a gum solution and a dextrin solution and mixtures thereof, and a leavening agent selected from the group consisting of ammonium carbonate and sodiumbicarbonate, and with an edible flour composition comprising more than 40% of self-nonexpandable cereal flour or starches selected from the group consisting of wheat flour, rice flour, maize starch and potato starch and less than 60% of selfexpandable cereal flours or starches selected from the group consisting of α-waxy rice flour and α-waxy maize starch, in a rotating coating device, said coating operation being repeated until the coated particles reach about 60 to 90% of the size of the inner cavity of a baking mold, the moisture of the coated layer of said coated particles being in an amount of about 15 to 22% by weight of the coated layer; placing said coated particles in the baking mold consisting of upper and lower matching units and having a cavity of a desired shape; and after joining together said upper and lower parts of said baking mold, baking said coated particles in said mold at a temperature in the range of from 150° C to 200° C for a period of time sufficient to cause the coated compositions of said coated particles to expand so that the cavity of said baking mold is filled with the expanding materials.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 100 words
A process as claimed in Claim 7 wherein: said aqueous solutions comprise ingredients selected from the group consisting of a corn syrup, a sugar syrup, a gum solution, a dextrin solution and mixtures thereof and said edible flour compositions comprise 60% and over of self-expandable cereal flours or starches selected from the group consisting of α-waxyrice flour, α-waxy maize starch and mixtures thereof, and 40% and below of self-nonexpandable cereal flours or starches selected from the group consisting of wheat flour, rice flour, maize starch and mixtures thereof, the incorporation of said leavening agent within said aqueous solution being obviated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
A process as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said edible particles are coated with an edible fatty composition previous to said alternate coating with aqueous compositions and edible flour compositions.

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