Kerry, Inc.

Irwin W Immel

Ellen Kay Morgan

Joseph L Klemaszewski

Maurice O'Sullivan

Composite food having a gelling agent, selected from gelatin, egg white, modified waxy maize starch, whey protein concentrate, modified potato starch, gellan gum, and rennet casein, and a flavoring and/or texturing component, uniformly distributed throughout, selected from nonfat dry milk, butter, enzyme modified cheese, BBQ seasoning blend, cheddar cheese, sugars, milk protein concentrate, vinegar, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, with the remainder of the composite made up primarily of water. The composite food product is substantially solid and self-sustaining at ambient temperature. Also, method for preparing a flavored and/or textured food item for service by providing a servable portion of an optionally cooked food item, removing a servable portion of the self-sustainable food product from the food product, contacting the servable food portion with the servable food item portion to form a flavored and/or textured food item combination, normally arranged with the product on top of the food item, and optionally (d) heating the flavored and/or textured food item combination to prepare the food item for service.

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Green Oaks, IL, United States of America

Irwin W Immel