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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Javier Cerda, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James W Geoffrion, Anoka, MN (US);
Daniel R Green, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Tanya Sanders, Edina, MN (US);
Donald J Smith, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jonathan E. Trautz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Robert Wollenburg, Ramsey, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for coating discrete food pieces with a sweet coating such as in the preparation of a presweetened R-T-E cereal and coated food products prepared by the method is provided. The coating contains a mixture of sugars and calcium. The method of preparation comprises the steps, in sequence of: (A) providing a base of dried food pieces; (B) blending sugar syrup with an aqueous calcium slurry; (C) coating the base of dried food pieces with the sugar syrup and calcium slurry blend; and (D) drying the coated product to a shelf stable moisture content to provide a calcium fortified finished product.