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Dried food foam products
Assignee: General Mills IP Holdings II LLC
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Filing: 1994-06-01
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Granted: 1995-09-19
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Expires: 2014-06-01
Abstract
Abstract A dried food foam product comprising: (A) about 5% to 70% by weight (dry basis) of the foam product of a flavor characterizing ingredient; (B) sufficient amounts of an undenatured proteinaceous whipping agent sufficient to provide the foam product to a density of 0.1 to 0.6 g/cc (dry weight basis) having a heat setting temperature; (C) about 0% to 55% by weight (dry basis) of the product of a nutritive carbohydrate sweetening agent; and (D) about 0.5% to 7% by weight moisture.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward C. Schwab
- 👤 Kristin L. Thomas
- 👤 George E. Brown
- 👤 Terry R. Harrington
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-04 14:15
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23G; A23G1/00; A23G1/30; A23G1/50; A23G1/52; A23C; A23C19/00; A23C19/06; A23C19/068; A23C19/08; A23C19/084; A23C19/09; A23C19/093; A23C9/00; A23C9/12; A23C9/13; A23C9/1315; A23C9/137; A23G1/54; A23G1/56; A23L; A23L21/00; A23L21/10; A23L21/12; A23L21/15; A23L25/00; A23L25/10; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/161; A23L7/191; A23P; A23P30/00; A23P30/40; A23C2210/00; A23C2210/30; A23G2220/00; A23G2220/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A food foam product comprising: A. about 5% to 70% by weight (dry basis) of the foam product of a flavor characterizing ingredient; B. sufficient amounts of an undenatured proteinaceous whipping agent sufficient to provide the foam product to a density of 0.1 to 0.6 g/cc (dry weight basis) having a heat setting temperature; C. about 0% to 55% by weight (dry basis) of the product of a nutritive carbohydrate sweetening agent; and D. about 0.5% to 7% by weight moisture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
81 words
A food foam product comprising: A. about 5% to 70% by weight (dry basis) of the foam product of a flavor characterizing ingredient; B. sufficient amounts of an undenatured proteinaceous whipping agent sufficient to provide the foam product to a density of 0.1 to 0.6 g/cc (dry weight basis) having a heat setting temperature; C. about 0% to 55% by weight (dry basis) of the product of a nutritive carbohydrate sweetening agent; and D. about 0.5% to 7% by weight moisture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The food foam product of claim 1, additionally comprising: E. about 0.5% to 1.5% of a foaming emulsifier, and wherein the flavor characterizing ingredient is selected from the group consisting of fruit puree solids, milk ingredient(s), milk ingredient solids, cocoa, chocolate, and peanut butter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The food foam product of claim 2 wherein the foam product has a water activity ranging from about 0.1 to 0.4.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The food foam product of claim 3 additionally comprising about 5% to 65% by weight of the foam product of a starch material selected from the group consisting of starches, dextrans, flours, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The food foam product of claim 4 wherein the foam product comprises about 0.1% to 15% dextrose, and wherein the food foam product has a specific gravity ranging from about 0.2 to 0.5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The food foam product of claim 5 wherein the flavor characterizing ingredient includes a deseeded fruit puree(s), and wherein the foaming emulsifier is triglycerol monostearate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The food foam product of claim 3 additionally comprising and disposed within an exterior shell fabricated from a dried cooked cereal dough.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The food foam product of claim 4 wherein the nutritive carbohydrate sweetening agent comprises about 10% to 25% of the foam product.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The food foam product of claim 8 wherein the density ranges from about 0.15 to 0.35 g/cc, and wherein the product is free of interior voids.
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