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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Pamela J. Dickerson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Brian E. Glass, Maple Grove, MN (US);
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A microwave popcorn article comprising any conventional microwave popcorn bag, and a food charge disposed therein including kernel popcorn, fat, salt and sufficient amounts of a calcium ingredient to provide a total calcium content of about 360 to 3600 mg per 100 grams of unpopped popcorn is provided. The salt ingredient includes at least a portion in coarse form having a particle size larger than 250 microns. Methods of preparing such microwave popcorn articles are disclosed wherein some of the salt and/or calcium ingredient is added to the fat, while the balance of the salt is added in particulate form in a separate step after the fat and kernel popcorn have been added to the bag.