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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
The Hillshire Brands Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Joshua S. Carlson, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Yelena Y. Pinkevich, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Barbara K Schmitt, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Dejing Fu, Lisle, IL (US);
Glenn Wille, Oswego, IL (US);
The Hillshire Brands Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Food products and the processes for forming/manufacturing the food products are disclosed. An exemplary food product comprises one or more extruded components (e.g., vegetable, fruit, dairy, meat, flavoring, spice, coloring, particulate, or combinations thereof); and one or more extruded collagen layers substantially encasing the extruded component(s). Another exemplary food product is disclosed as comprising an extruded component; and a carrier co-extruded with the first extruded component, the carrier comprising a matrix adhered to the first extruded component and an additive suspended in the matrix.