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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Camille A Higgins, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Kerry Ingredients, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A23B / ; A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 92 ; 426 94 ; 426102 ; 426291 ; 426296 ; 426574 ; 426577 ; 426615 ; 426637 ; 426641 ; 426643 ; 426644 ;
Abstract
A food having an oil absorption and moisture transmission retarding, clear, crunchy coating and process for preparing is provided. The coating includes a predust adhered to the food and has at least about 50% of a starch and from about 0.1% to 5% of an at least partially water-soluble, edible calcium compound. A water-containing batter is gelled and adhered to the predust and has, on a solids basis, at least about 20% dextrin, about 0.1% to 8% of a pectate, and about 0.05% to 5% of a water-soluble thickener.