Kellogg Company

Brian M Reifsteck

Pradip K Roy

Stephen B Richey

Guoshen Yang

Mary E Steele

Myung Hee Lohman

Sylvia Schonauer

A multi-piece food product () comprising a plurality of strands (A-K) that are extruded and aggregated to form an aesthetically pleasing food product is provided. A formulation used to make each of the strands (A-K) includes a mixture comprising at least 20% sweetener, at least 15% starchy material, and at least 1% fruit by weight based a total dry weight of the mixture to yield a starch-based confectionary food product. One process for forming the multi-piece food product () includes extruding a food stream from a slurry, dividing the food stream into three separate food streams (A,B), injecting color, flavor, and ascorbic acid into the food streams (A,B), conveying the food streams (A,B) into a former () and extruding the strands (A-K) therefrom, forming the strands (A,B) into an aggregate food mass (), cooling the food mass (), and cutting the food mass () into individual portions.

Multi-piece food product and method for making the same

Multi-piece fruit snack

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Battle Creek, MI, United States of America

Brian M Reifsteck