Patent ID: 7294355
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A21D,A23L,A23P,A23V

Abstract:
1. A cooked food product comprising a snack/convenience-type food substrate chosen from the group consisting of: chips made from a sliced, raw or cooked, fruit, having a thickness of about one-sixteenth inch; a corn dough curl; a corn dough puff; a tortilla chip; a taco shell; a granola product; a cereal; a crouton; a cracker; a bagel chip; a pretzel; a doughnut; a cake; a nut; a cookie; a muffin; a pastry; a breading material; a bread product; a biscuit; a cheese stick; a pie crust; and a bagel and a coating composition applied to the substrate prior to cooking the substrate and is cooked in place along with the substrate, and wherein the coating composition comprises: at least 53.02 weight percent of a first component consisting of at least one modified food starch selected from the group consisting of a modified potato starch and a modified corn starch wherein the modified food starch has been modified by a process chosen from the group consisting of pregellatinization, oxidation, enzymatic modification, cross-linking, acetylation, hydroxypropylation or any combination thereof; from 10 to 30 weight percent of a second component selected from the group consisting of rice flour and corn starch; and from 4 to 20 weight percent dextrin; and wherein all amounts are based upon weight percent of the dry components.