Patent ID: 11937617
Assignee: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of producing coated food products comprising:
applying a carrier sheet upon a first conveyor unit;
dispensing a web of coating material laterally across a portion of the carrier sheet, with the coating material being in liquid form;
delivering a plurality of laterally spaced ropes upon the web, with the ropes being made of a soft and sticky material;
solidifying the coating material to form a solid web;
transferring the soft and sticky material upon the carrier sheet and solid web onto a second conveyor unit;
cutting the plurality of laterally spaced ropes into food pieces;
removing the carrier sheet from beneath the solid web;
transferring the soft and sticky material upon the solid web, without the carrier sheet, onto a third conveyor unit; and
enrobing the food pieces while removing portions of the solid web between the food pieces in forming the coated food products having cores of the soft and sticky material.