Kraft Foods, Inc.

Kenneth W Cale

Edward Charles Coleman

Tetsuya Goto

Rita W Brander

Robert J Martin

Twyla P Stubblefield

Francis Agbo

Vernetta L Dally

Kozaburo Mori

Todd A Zaniewski

Anna C Dal Monte

Twyla L Stubblefield

Eileen M Halliday

A baked, shelf-stable, hand-held snack bar comprised of a crust and a smooth, creamy cheesecake-like filling. The crust surrounds the bottom and longitudinal sides of the bar. The filing is exposed on its top surface. The filing and crust are each formulated to water activity of 0.60-0.90 and the filling has a milk fat content of less than 10%.

Shelf-stable bar with crust and filling

A particulate dry mix foaming creamer comprises a conventional particulate creamer for coffee beverages and the like together with a foam generating component comprising a food grade acidulant and an alkali metal carbonate or bicarbonate. A dry mix instant hot cappuccino product in accordance with the invention comprises a water soluble coffee component, the foam generating component, an optional creamer component, and an optional sweetener component. Cappuccino beverages are prepared by mixing a liquid component and the dry mix composition and heating. The liquid component may comprise milk or water. Heating, preferably microwave heating, may be carried out by pre-heating the liquid component or by heating after addition of the liquid component, or by a combination of these heating techniques.

Foaming coffee creamer and instant hot cappuccino

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Somers, NY, United States of America

Kenneth W Cale