Golden Valley Microwave Foods, Inc.

Conagra, Inc.

Dana Sue Freeport

Charles H Turpin

Michael E Bley

Edward Majewicz

Jeff T Watkins

A microwave popcorn product is provided. The product includes a flexible expandable bag having a charge of unpopped popcorn and oil/fat-containing slurry therein. The oil/fat-containing slurry includes a solid oil component and a liquid oil component. Preferred products may be blended to have advantageous nutritional characteristics.

Packaged microwave popcorn formulation

A method of coating popcorn pieces is provided. According to one application of the method, an aqueous-based adhesive composition is applied to prepopped popcorn flake. Flavorant is then added in a preferred manner. In another application, a adhesive composition is applied to unpopped kernels with a follow up step of applying flavorant. Also a preferred, flavored, prepopped popcorn product is provided. Finally a preferred coated unpopped popcorn product, capable of being popped in a microwave oven in the absence of added oil or fat to advantage, is provided.

Composition and method for flavoring unpopped popcorn

A flavored, aqueous-based, adhesive composition containing no added fat or oil is sprayed onto popped popcorn, then a dry flavorant is applied, and the popcorn dried of excess moisture.

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St. Louis Park, MN, United States of America

Dana Sue Freeport