General Mills, Inc.

The Pillsbury Company

General Mills Marketing, Inc.

Fern Alane Panda

Victor T Huang

Daniel R Green

Diane R Rosenwald

Patrick C Dreese

Victor Tsangmin Huang

Diane Rae Rosenwald

Christine M Nowakowski

Dena K Strehlow

Susan L Kamper

Scott K Whitman

Christopher J Barrett

Erika B Smith

Gerald O Rabe

Kamel Chida

Stefan Bucher

Disclosed are improved sugar coatings for topically pre-sweetened food products that are sugar reduced whether in the form of a syrup or in the form of a dried coating. The syrup form is useful as an intermediate product in the preparation of pre-sweetened food products. In dry form, the present formulations can be a component part of a composite food product especially in the form of a topical coating or filling. The present invention is particularly suited for the preparation of R-T-E pre-sweetened cereals. The coating formulations comprise less than 70% sucrose, corn syrup and 1-20% non-hydrated integrated starch and preferably about 5-10% insoluble mineral salts each of particle size of about 50 microns.

Reduced sucrose sugar coatings for cereals and methods of preparation

Described are coated food products having a sweet coating, such as a (e.g., sucrose, fructose, or the like) coating, the coating containing core-shell sweetener particles that include a sweetener layer at an exterior; also described are related methods of preparing the coated food product and the core-shell sweetener particles.

Sweetener particles, sweetener particle compositions, and related methods of preparation and use

Disclosed are sugar reduced aerated confections. The confections essentially comprise a first heterogeneous continuous phase including a structured amorphous saccharide, a second discontinuous phase including a multiplicity of gas cells. The first heterogeneous continuous phase includes a multiplicity of crystals distributed evenly throughout also including about 1%-35% by dry weight basis of a non-hydrated polysaccharide filler ingredient preferably starch in the form of discrete particles evenly distributed through the continuous phase having a mean particle size distribution of preferably less than 150 microns. The confectionery food products find particular suitability for use as ingredients for reduced sugar children's RTE cereals.

Aerated confections containing nonhydrated starch and methods of preparation

The present invention relates to cheese compositions and methods of making cheese compositions, including methods of formulating cheese compositions. Cheese compositions of the present invention include casein protein, non-casein protein, and non-pregelatinized, modified starch. Methods of making cheese compositions according to the present invention relate to making cheese compositions that include casein protein, non-casein protein, and non-pregelatinized, modified starch. Methods of formulating cheese compositions of the present invention include reducing an amount casein protein by replacing it with an amount of non-pregelatinized, modified starch and an amount of non-casein protein.

Cheese compositions and related methods

Chemical leavener systems are provided for use in flour-containing foodstuffs that contain an enzyme for hydrolyzing an acidulant precursor. The chemical leavener system comprises an acidulant precursor and an alkaline carbonate, wherein the majority of carbon dioxide gas provided by the chemical leavener system when used in a hydrolyzing enzyme-containing foodstuff is created by reaction of an alkaline carbonate with an acid that is the hydrolysis product of the acidulant precursor. Methods of use of the acidulant precursor and the chemical leavener system, and products made by these methods are also provided.

Chemical leavener system comprising acidulant precursors

A food product, such as a baked good, having either high molecular weight starch hydrolysate or a crystalline hydrate producing sugar as a sweetening agent. Preferably, the starch hydrolysate has a dextrose equivalent of about 5 to 30 DE, and the crystalline hydrate former is raffinose or trehalose. The high molecular weight starch hydrolysate, the crystalline hydrate former, or combination thereof, increases the crispiness of the product at higher moisture levels. The food product can be a baked good such as an ice cream cone, cookie, wafer, or the like.

Food product with enhanced crispiness

A low density, ready-to-serve frosting is provided that can be stored for extended periods of time with little or no separation of the aqueous and shortening phases and with minimal volume changes. The frosting is stabilized by the formation of an aqueous phase gel rather than by manipulation of the composition of the shortening phase. The aqueous phase gel comprises water and maltodextrin, water and inulin, or water and a mixture of maltodextrin and inulin.

Stable whipped frostings

An improved icing includes at least about 10 percent by weight water, at least about 0.1 percent by weight gelling agent and at least about 5 percent by weight of a low solubility sugar, the low solubility sugar having a solubility in water of less than about 40 weight percent at 20&deg; C. Improved icing compositions can be formed that have a cooling shear modulus of about 1000 Pa at a temperature less than about 37.8&deg; C. and a melting shear modulus of about 5000 Pa at a temperature greater than about 73.9&deg; C. The improved icing exhibits improved heat stability when the food product is reheated after freezing. The icing composition can be applied to a variety of food products including cakes and waffles. An improved waffle structure can be combined with the improved icing to form a toaster product.

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