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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. 09, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shantha Chandrasekaran Nalur, Dublin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 89 ; 426631 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the fat content in a fat-based confectionery coating material having a sufficient viscosity, when liquified, to permit the application and retention of the coating material upon an underlying confectionery substrate. The method comprises replacing at least a portion of at least one fat-containing component of the coating material with an amount of a liquid medium chain triglyceride sufficient to maintain the viscosity of the coating material.