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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Cherian, New Milford, CT (US);
Dharam Vir Vadehra, New Milford, CT (US);
Elaine Regina Wedral, Sherman, CT (US);
Assignee:
NESTEC S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; A23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
476262 ; 426 89 ; 426267 ; 426321 ; 4263302 ; 426334 ; 426580 ; 426582 ; 426656 ; 426658 ; 426442 ;
Abstract
A process for limiting the non-enzymatic Maillard browning in food products susceptible to nonenzymatic Maillard browning which comprises coating the ingredient of the food product containing either an amino-bearing compound or a reducing sugar with a hydrocolloid gel selected from the group consisting of alginates and gellans and then mixing all the ingredients together to form the food product.