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Dietetic starch-containing preparation
Assignee: Nestec SA
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Filing: 1987-08-24
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2007-08-24
Abstract
Abstract Cereal is combined with more than 50% fruit or vegetable foods by weight for obtaining a nutritional fluid food composition. The cereal component is based upon an enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form. The composition does not require including sugar as a further component of the composition and is comprised of at least 10% cereal by weight based on dry matter and in addition to the fruits or vegetables and enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form, includes oatmeal, water and oil for providing a desired fat content.
Inventors
- 👤 Hubert Reinl
- 👤 Elke Schmidt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:09
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L33/00; A23L33/20; A23L19/00; A23L19/09; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/206; A23L29/212; A23L29/225; A23L33/10; A23L33/115
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A fluid food product comprising by weight a mixture of more than 50% of food selected from the group consisting of fruits and vegetables, at least 10% cereal which, based on dry matter, comprises from 2.5% to 3.5% oatmeal and from 20% to 25% enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form, and water and oil for providing a fat content of from 2% to 4%.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A fluid food product comprising by weight a mixture of more than 50% of food selected from the group consisting of fruits and vegetables, at least 10% cereal which, based on dry matter, comprises from 2.5% to 3.5% oatmeal and from 20% to 25% enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form, and water and oil for providing a fat content of from 2% to 4%.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A food product according to claim 1 wherein the enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal has a dry matter content of from 35% to 40% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A food product according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the food product contains from 10% to 13% of cereal by weight based upon dry matter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
A food product according to claim 1 further comprising a juice concentrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A food product according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal has a DE value of at least 35.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A food product according to claim 5 wherein the enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal has a DE value of from 50 to 55.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for preparing a fluid food product comprising preparing by weight percent a mixture of more than 50% of a food selected from a group consisting of fruits and vegetables, at least 10% cereal which comprises 2.5% to 3.5% oatmeal and, based upon dry matter, 20% to 25% enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form having a dry matter content of from 35% to 40% by weight, oil in an amount for providing a fat content of from 2% to 4% and water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
83 words
A process for preparing a fluid food product comprising preparing by weight percent a mixture of more than 50% of a food selected from a group consisting of fruits and vegetables, at least 10% cereal which comprises 2.5% to 3.5% oatmeal and, based upon dry matter, 20% to 25% enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal in liquid form having a dry matter content of from 35% to 40% by weight, oil in an amount for providing a fat content of from 2% to 4% and water.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein the enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal has a DE value of at least 35.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein the enzymatically hydrolyzed cereal has a DE value of from 50 to 55.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 7 wherein the cereal is in an amount of from 10% to 13% by weight based upon dry matter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
A process according to claim 7 further comprising, before incorporating the food with the cereal and oil and preparing the mixture, passing the food through a sieving machine and then incorporating and mixing the sieved food with the cereal and oil at an acidic pH for preparing the mixture.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the food is fruit and mixing is carried out at a pH of approximately 4.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the food is vegetable and the mixing is carried out at a pH of from 5 to 6.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 11 further comprising heating the mixture, degassing the heated mixture, reheating the degassed mixture, packing the mixture and then pasteurizing the packed mixture.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
38 words
A process according to claim 14 wherein the mixture first is heated to about 90° C., the degassed mixture is reheated to about 98° C. and the reheated mixture is packed at a temperature of about 90° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
10 words
The product of the process of claim 7 or 8.
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