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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Brooke C. Boice, Farmington, MN (US);
Sumiko Kanahori, Osaka, JP;
W. Russell Egbert, Decatur, IL (US);
Allan W. Buck, Decatur, IL (US);
Inventors:
Brooke C. Boice, Farmington, MN (US);
Sumiko Kanahori, Osaka, JP;
W. Russell Egbert, Decatur, IL (US);
Allan W. Buck, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
Archer Daniels Medical Company, Decatur, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods are provided herein for producing a food bar with increased shelf life, by adding a softener, such as soluble fiber, highly branched carbohydrate, and/or indigestible or poorly digestible carbohydrate. Methods are also provided herein for producing food bars with increased protein content.