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US4330566A
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Pourable, crunchy batter for food products
Assignee: Amour-Dial Inc
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Filing: 1980-12-08
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Granted: 1982-05-18
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Expires: 2000-12-08
Abstract
Abstract An edible food coating in the form of a batter which is applied to an item of food such as chicken and the like. The batter coating includes a fluid shortening which contains a solid triglyceride largely in the beta crystal form, a food grade binder and breading materials. The coated food product, when baked, has the attributes of a batter-coated, deep fat fried, or pan fried food product.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Meyer
- 👤 Sam H. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 09:02
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23D; A23D9/00; A23P; A23P20/00; A23P20/10; A23P20/11; A23P20/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
A shelf stable edible food coating composition comprising a fluid shortening containing from about 10 to 35% by weight of a solid triglyceride largely in the beta crystal form, a food grade binder to enhance the ability of the coating composition to adhere to a food item, and a breading material having a U.S. Standard sieve size of about 3-12, said binder and breading material being substantially distributed throughout said coating compositions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
A shelf stable edible food coating composition comprising a fluid shortening containing from about 10 to 35% by weight of a solid triglyceride largely in the beta crystal form, a food grade binder to enhance the ability of the coating composition to adhere to a food item, and a breading material having a U.S. Standard sieve size of about 3-12, said binder and breading material being substantially distributed throughout said coating compositions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The coating composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of fluid shortening is from 20 to 60% by weight of the composition, the amount of binder is from 7 to 30% by weight of the composition and the amount of breading material is from 10 to 35% by weight of the composition.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The coating composition of claim 2 wherein said fluid shortening contains from about 20 to 30% by weight of solid triglyceride largely in the beta crystal form.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The coating composition of claim 3 comprising from about 40 to 60% by weight of said fluid shortening, from about 7 to 21% by weight of said binder, and from about 10 to 20% by weight of said breading material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The coating composition of claim 3 comprising from about 20 to 40% by weight of said fluid shortening, from about 7 to 30% by weight of said binder, and from about 18 to 35% by weight of said breading material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The coating composition of claim 4 comprising from 45 to 55% by weight of said fluid shortening, from about 11 to 17% by weight of said binder, and from about 10 to 20% by weight of said breading material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
The coating composition of claim 5 comprising from 26 to 31% by weight of said fluid shortening, from about 8 to 28% by weight of said binder, and from about 18 to 35% of said breading material.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1985-05-17 | 1985-11-16 | 1986-05-18 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-05-17 | 1989-11-16 | 1990-05-18 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1993-05-17 | 1993-11-16 | 1994-05-18 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |