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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Ikuru Toyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumitsu Ohtsubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuru Toyoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumitsu Ohtsubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Meiji Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide a food product that exhibits excellent solubility, such as solid milk. [Means] The above purpose is achieved by a food product having a top surface () including a flat area (); a bottom surface () including a flat area () parallel to the flat area () on the top surface; and a recess () formed on the top surface () and a recess () formed on the bottom surface (), wherein when the food product has both the recess () formed on the top surface () and the recess () formed on the bottom surface (), the total of the largest depth d() of the recess () on the top surface and the largest depth d() of the recess () on the bottom surface is 30% or larger of the thickness w () of the food product.