Patent ID: 6303159
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A method of coating comestibles comprising the steps of:a) providing cores of comestible material to be coated;b) applying a first coating syrup comprising a bulk sweetener to the cores;c) applying a powder material over the first coating syrup;d) repeating steps b) and c) to build up a first layer of coating on said cores; ande) applying a second coating syrup comprising a bulk sweetener over the first layer of coating and drying the second coating syrup to form a second layer of coating on said cores, the bulk sweetener used in the first and second coating syrups being the same bulk sweetener and being hydrogenated isomaltulose, the second coating syrup comprising hydrogenated isomaltulose in an amount such that the second coating syrup is saturated and part of said hydrogenated isomaltulose is in the form of a solids suspension in the second coating syrup.