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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Dean W. Creighton, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Bryan Worwa, Elk River, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dean W. Creighton, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Bryan Worwa, Elk River, MN (US);
Assignee:
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/16 (2006.01); A23K 1/18 (2006.01); A23L 1/00 (2006.01); A23L 1/212 (2006.01); A23B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/2125 (2013.01); A23B 7/02 (2013.01); A23B 7/16 (2013.01); A23L 1/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
Dried fruit has a coating of microcrystalline cellulose in an amount effective to prevent agglomeration of the dried fruit. Methods of preparing and using the coated dried fruit are also described. The dried fruit pieces of the present invention are less sticky and are readily separated from one another using ordinary gravity feed handling conditions.