Patent ID: 6773734
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a ready-to-eat food bar, comprising:preparing a dry mixture of particles of one or more cooked cereal bases, the bases comprising amylaceous materials; mixing the dry mixture with a binder to form a mass, the binder comprising sugars, milk solids, humectants and fat, wherein the binder comprises, in parts by weight, from about 10 parts to about 70 parts of sugars, from about 5 to 30 parts of humectants, from about 5.5 to about 27.5 parts of nonfat milk solids, from about 10 parts to about 35 parts of milk fat or vegetable fat, up to about 10 parts of cocoa powder, up to about 5 parts of emulsifier and added water up to a water content of from about 5% to about 15%; and forming the mass thus obtained into a bar shape.