Kraft General Foods, Inc.

Kraft Foods, Inc.

Cpc International, Inc.

Joaquin C Lugay

Keisuke Morimoto

Jerome F Trumbetas

Jimbay Loh

Helena S Soedjak

Richard N McArdle

Julia L Newkirk

Pradip K Roy

Shun Ku

A chemically-leavened, self-sustaining cake donut dough is prepared which contains from 20-30% of a thermally-reversible gel. The dough is formed into donut shapes and baked in an oven within 10 minutes. The gel is comprised of 80-95% water, 5-20% insoluble, water-binding fiber and 0.2-2% thermally-reversible hydrocolloid gelling agent.

Process for making low-fat, cake donuts

A method for preparing an aqueous sugar frosting mix by grinding an aqueous sugar saturated solution containing dispersed crystalline sugar in said saturated solution to produce a smooth, opaque, viscous syrup suitable for use as a frosting mix on cereals, pastries, cakes and the like.

Preparation of an aqueous sugar frosting mix

The present invention provides a process for infusing dried fruits by coating the dried fruits with an edible humectant containing gel. This process provides novel infused products using a minimum of energy with a minimum of damage to the infused product while maintaining a maximum of flavor of the dried fruit.

Process for the infusion of dried fruits

The present invention is concerned with a simulated fruit piece suitable for combination with a dry food product having a moisture typically of from 2-3% and wherein the fruit piece maintains its softness and the food product maintains its crispness after various storage conditions, said fruit consisting of fruit solids, a fruit concentrate, a thickening agent, edible food grade acid, sweeteners, coloring, and glycerol. The glycerol/sweetener combination functions as a humectant system which produces a fruit product with an Aw of between about 0.2 to 0.50. A process for preparing said fruit piece is also disclosed wherein a solid phase comprising a fruit solids is combined with a hot liquid phase and the mixture extruded into fruit ropes or strands and cut into the desired shape or form.

Process for making simulated fruit pieces

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Mahopac, NY, United States of America

Joaquin C Lugay