US4540587A
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Cereal presweetened with aspartame and cold water soluble gum coating and method of preparation
Assignee: General Mills IP Holdings II LLC
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Filing: 1984-06-29
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2004-06-29
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed are comestibles, particularly ready-to-eat cereals, having an exterior coating sweetened with aspartame as well as methods of preparing such coated comestibles. The methods of preparation comprise: (a) preparing an aqueous suspension comprising sufficient amounts of certain cold water-soluble gums to provide a viscosity of 50 to 25,000 cp. (65° F.) and from about 0.1% to 4% aspartame; (b) enrobing a comestible with the aqueous suspension at a temperature of from about 50° F. to 100° F. to apply sufficient amounts of aspartame so as to provide between about 0.05% to 0.3% aspartame; and then (c) drying the comestibles to a final moisture content of less than about 5%.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert J. Gajewski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-11-01 01:51
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/117; A23L7/122; A23P; A23P20/00; A23P20/10; A23P20/105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A sweetened, dry comestible consisting essentially of: a dry comestible, said comestible having a coating, said coating comprising from about 0.05% to 1.5% by weight of the comestible of a water soluble member selected from the group consisting of sodium alginates, propylene glycol alginates, guar gum, locust bean gum, gum Arabic, pectin, kappa carrageenan, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, xanthan, and mixtures thereof, and about 0.05% to 0.3% by weight aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester, and wherein the coating is present at from about 0.1% to about 1.8% of the coated comestible.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A sweetened, dry comestible consisting essentially of: a dry comestible, said comestible having a coating, said coating comprising from about 0.05% to 1.5% by weight of the comestible of a water soluble member selected from the group consisting of sodium alginates, propylene glycol alginates, guar gum, locust bean gum, gum Arabic, pectin, kappa carrageenan, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, xanthan, and mixtures thereof, and about 0.05% to 0.3% by weight aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester, and wherein the coating is present at from about 0.1% to about 1.8% of the coated comestible.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The comestible of claim 1 wherein the comestible is a ready-to-eat cereal particle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
The comestible of claim 2 wherein the aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester is present at from about 0.1% to 0.2% by weight of the comestible and wherein the water soluble gum member is present at from about 0.07% to 1.5% by weight of the comestible.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The comestible of claim 3 wherein the water soluble gum member is selected from the group consisting of sodium alginate, guar gum, pectin, xanthan and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for coating a dry comestible with aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester comprising the steps of: A. forming an aqueous suspension, comprising (1) from about 0.1% to 4% by weight of the suspension of aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester, and (2) sufficient amounts of a cold water soluble gum to suspend the aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester wherein said gum member being selected from the group consisting of sodium alginates, propylene glycol alginates, guar gum, gum Arabic, locust bean gum, pectin, kappa carrageenan, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, xanthan and mixtures thereof; B. enrobing the comestible with the aqueous suspension at a temperature of less than 100° F. wherein the weight ratio of aqueous suspension to the comestible ranges from about 1:25 to about 1:10 to form an enrobed comestible; and, C. drying the enrobed comestible to a moisture content of less than 5% by weight.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for coating a dry comestible with aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester comprising the steps of: A. forming an aqueous suspension, comprising (1) from about 0.1% to 4% by weight of the suspension of aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester, and (2) sufficient amounts of a cold water soluble gum to suspend the aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester wherein said gum member being selected from the group consisting of sodium alginates, propylene glycol alginates, guar gum, gum Arabic, locust bean gum, pectin, kappa carrageenan, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, xanthan and mixtures thereof; B. enrobing the comestible with the aqueous suspension at a temperature of less than 100° F. wherein the weight ratio of aqueous suspension to the comestible ranges from about 1:25 to about 1:10 to form an enrobed comestible; and, C. drying the enrobed comestible to a moisture content of less than 5% by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the comestible base is a ready-to-eat cereal particle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the aqueous suspension comprises from about 0.2% to 4% of the cold water soluble gum member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the weight ratio of aqueous suspension to comestible ranges from about 1:20 to 1:15 and wherein the temperature of the aqueous suspension ranges from about 60° F. to 80° F.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the aspartyl-phenylalanine methyl ester comprises from about 0.5% to 2.5% of the aqueous suspension and wherein the gum member is present in the aqueous suspension in amounts sufficient to provide a viscosity of from about 500 to 10,000 cp. at 65° F.
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