Packaged food product and process for making same

Abstract

Abstract A HYDROPHILIC SPREAD SUCH AS PEANUT BUTTER IS PACKAGED IN CONTACT WITH A MODIFIED SWEET AQUEOUS SPREAD, WHICH IS VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE IN FLAVOR, TEXTURE, SPREADABILITY AND MOUTHING CHARACTERISTICS FROM A CONVENTIONAL JELLY, JAM, OR THE LIKE. THE MODIFIED SWEET AQUEOUS SPREAD, WHICH CAN READILY BE PREPARED BY MODIFYING A SUITABLE CONVENTIONAL JELLY, JAM, OR THE LIKE, HAS THE FOLLOWING COMPOSITION; FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 20% WATER; FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 20% OF A NON-AQUEOUS EDIBLE LIQUID VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENT SUCH AS GLYCERINE, THE WATER AND VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 25% TO ABOUT 35%; FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 30% CORN SYRUP SOLIDS; THE REMAINDER OF THE SPREAD COMPRISING WATER-SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES, NATURALLY-OCCURRING FRUIT SOLIDS, PLUS, IF DESIRED, MINOR AMOUNTS OF VARIOUS OPTIONAL INGREDIENTS CUSTOMARILY PRESENT IN JELLIES, JAMS, OR THE LIKE. THE SPREAD IS FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY LESS THAN 50% OF THE NON-AQUEOUS PORTION THEREOF COMPRISING CARBOHYDRATE MATERIALS HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 200. THE TWO SPREADS CAN BE PACKAGED IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME, WITHOUT ANY WATER MIGRATING FROM THE MODIFIED SWEET AQUEOUS SPREAD INTO THE HYDROPHILIC SPREAD, AND WITHOUT ANY CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE SUGARS CONTAINED IN THE MODIFIED SWEET AQUEOUS SPREAD.

Inventors

• 👤 Irwin Cooper
• 👤 Edwin Leon Sexton
• 👤 Daniel Melnick
• 👤 Marcus I Wegner

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