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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Applicant:
Miranda Miller, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Inventor:
Miranda Miller, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, Northfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dried, crisp, puffed cheese food product and a process for making it is provided wherein surfaces of low fat cheese precursor pieces containing about 12 to about 24 percent moisture are contacted with polysaccharide, followed by tempering the coated pieces by holding them in a moisture-tight environment, prior to puffing the pieces into a shelf-stable savory crispy puffed cheese product. The resulting snack food product comprises puffed cheese pieces having generally uniform expanded structures free of large voids and which do not stick tightly or clump to each other.