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Title:
Expanded food products
Abstract:
An expanded food product possessing unique structural and taste properties is provided. This expanded product is a mixture of separately aerated components--one fat-based and one aqueous sugar syrup-based. The resulting expanded product has a density of from about 0.2 to 1.0 g/cm3 and comprises about 15% to about 40% by weight of an edible fat component, about 20% to about 60% by weight of a sugar component, about 6 to 20% by weight of water and about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a colloid. A preferred product is a stable, homogenous blend of a soft whipped chocolate mass and a whipped marshmallow-like low-cooked sugar syrup.
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Inventors:
Richardson, Terence W. (Oakland, CA)
Application Number:
06/306498
Filing Date: 1981-09-28 Publication_date: 1983-10-18 Assignee:
GODIVA CHOCOLATIER INC (US)
Primary Class(es):
426/572
426/660
Other Classes:
A23G3/00; A23G3/20; A23G3/02; A23G9/00
US Patent Ref:
| 2082312 | June, 1937 | Todd | 426/103 | Manufactured article of food or confectionery and in combinations of the same with coverings | | 2162585 | June, 1939 | Musher | 426/564 | Aerated products | | 2171244 | August, 1939 | Otterbacher | 426/572 | Food compound | | 2645580 | July, 1953 | Schultz | 426/660 | Method of producing a fluffy chocolate confection | | 2847311 | August, 1958 | Doumak et al. | 426/571 | Confection and process for producing the same | | 3542270 | November, 1970 | Schubiger | 426/572 | PREPARATION OF A CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT OF IMPROVED TEXTURE | | 3556812 | January, 1971 | Krohn et al. | 426/571 | | | 3607309 | September, 1971 | Olney | 426/571 | PREPARATION OF MARSHMALLOW WITH MILK SOLIDS | | 4038423 | July, 1977 | Hayward | 426/103 | Food bar | | 4045583 | August, 1977 | Jeffery et al. | 426/103 | Method of manufacturing a chocolate product | | 4049832 | September, 1977 | Hayward | 426/103 | High fat, fortified, marshmallow based food bar | | 4272558 | June, 1981 | Bouette | 426/572 | Method and apparatus for producing a cellular product |
Other Refs:
CA566718| November, 1958 | 426/103 | | |
Primary Examiner:
Hunter, Jeanette M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney:
Schuyler, Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett
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