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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Jack William Maegli, Beloit, WI (US);
Dustan Theodore Doud, Clinton, WI (US);
Ellen Kay Morgan, Madison, WI (US);
Susan Mary Bischel, Rockton, IL (US);
Jack William Maegli, Beloit, WI (US);
Dustan Theodore Doud, Clinton, WI (US);
Ellen Kay Morgan, Madison, WI (US);
Susan Mary Bischel, Rockton, IL (US);
Kerry Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Abstract
A savory, shelf-stable, particulate, meltable, food-grade plasticized composition is disclosed, having a water activity Aof 0.70 or below. The composition is an oil-in-water emulsion of: a protein that forms a thermally reversible meltable gel, plasticizer components to solubilize the protein, comprising a polyol plasticizer and a non-polyol plasticizer, a level of an edible oil component sufficient to provide proper texture, mouthfeel, and melt characteristics to the plasticized composition, and a savory flavoring component, and typically comprises 10–30 wt-% protein, 15–50 wt-% plasticizer component, including, based upon the total weight of the composition, 10–40 wt-% polyol plasticizer and 3–15 wt-% non-polyol plasticizer, 10–40 wt-% oil component, 5–25 wt-% moisture, and 10–40 wt-% flavor characterizing component.