Kerry, Inc.

Susan Mary Bischel

Jack Maegli

Ellen Kay Morgan

Dustan Theodore Doud

Jack William Maegli

A savory, shelf-stable, particulate, meltable, food-grade plasticized composition is disclosed, having a water activity Aof 0.70 or below. The composition is an oil-in-water emulsion of: a protein that forms a thermally reversible meltable gel, plasticizer components to solubilize the protein, comprising a polyol plasticizer and a non-polyol plasticizer, a level of an edible oil component sufficient to provide proper texture, mouthfeel, and melt characteristics to the plasticized composition, and a savory flavoring component, and typically comprises 10&#x2013;30 wt-% protein, 15&#x2013;50 wt-% plasticizer component, including, based upon the total weight of the composition, 10&#x2013;40 wt-% polyol plasticizer and 3&#x2013;15 wt-% non-polyol plasticizer, 10&#x2013;40 wt-% oil component, 5&#x2013;25 wt-% moisture, and 10&#x2013;40 wt-% flavor characterizing component.

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Rockton, IL, United States of America

Susan Mary Bischel