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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sabine Bonnasse-Gahot, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH;
Adrienne S. Jones-Wiltshire, Pully, CH;
Werner Pfaller, Orbe, CH;
Francois Diaz, Lausanne, CH;
Pierre Felix Fourre, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D 1/300 ;
Abstract
Cooked-extruded-expanded sweet snack having a porous texture, a low specific weight and a biscuit and caramel flavor. The snack includes non-fat milk solids, an oil or fat, hydrolyzed amylaceous material having a DE of from 5 to 45, and optionally, non hydrolyzed amylaceous material, a sugar or a phosphate. The snack has a diameter of 10 to 20 mm, a length of 30 to 100 mm, or both, and can be coated with a chocolate or sugar coatings.