Kellogg Company

Apv Baker Inc.

Pradip K Roy

Guoshen Yang

Stephen B Richey

Mary E Steele

Myung Hee Lohman

Brian M Reifsteck

Sylvia Schonauer

Gary S Moore

A multi-piece food product () comprising a plurality of strands (A-K) that are extruded and aggregated to form an aesthetically pleasing food product is provided. A formulation used to make each of the strands (A-K) includes a mixture comprising at least 20% sweetener, at least 15% starchy material, and at least 1% fruit by weight based a total dry weight of the mixture to yield a starch-based confectionary food product. One process for forming the multi-piece food product () includes extruding a food stream from a slurry, dividing the food stream into three separate food streams (A,B), injecting color, flavor, and ascorbic acid into the food streams (A,B), conveying the food streams (A,B) into a former () and extruding the strands (A-K) therefrom, forming the strands (A,B) into an aggregate food mass (), cooling the food mass (), and cutting the food mass () into individual portions.

Multi-piece food product and method for making the same

Multi-piece fruit snack

Shaped food product

A method and apparatus for producing a baked starch-based corn product. The method involves mixing masa flour and water and incompletely cooking the mixture during a precooking step, preferably during mixing of the ingredients. The incompletely cooked masa is sheeted and cut into shapes. The shapes are steamed, baked, and then dried. The steaming and baking steps advance the cooking of the masa constituents incompletely cooked during the mixing stage, resulting in an improved texture, bite, and shipping characteristic.

Baked corn-based product and process

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Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

Pradip K Roy