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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:

Anilkumar Ganapati Gaonkar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Laura Herbst, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Weizhi Chen, Northfield, IL (US);

Dennis A. Kim, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Inventors:

Anilkumar Ganapati Gaonkar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Laura Herbst, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Weizhi Chen, Northfield, IL (US);

Dennis A. Kim, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:

Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/00 (2006.01); A23D 9/007 (2006.01); A23D 9/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An edible multilayer moisture barrier for food products is provided for separating food components having different water activities and preventing or significantly inhibiting movement of water between the food components. The edible multilayer moisture barrier of the present invention includes a lipid layer and a flexible hydrophobic layer.


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