Patent ID: 6579548
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A process for making a granular food product which comprises:preparing a premix of at least one filler, at least one high melting fat, and a binding agent, wherein the filler is present in an amount that is greater than the amount of high melting fat and the binding agent is present in an amount sufficient to bind the filler and the fat; atomizing an aqueous solution comprising an amount of the binding agent onto a fluidized bed of the premix so as to form the premix into granules or agglomerates having a mean particle diameter of about 600 &mgr;m to about 1200 &mgr;m, with less than about 3% by volume of particles having a diameter smaller than 200 &mgr;m; and drying the granules or agglomerates to form a free-flowing granular food product that is mechanically stable and easily dispersible in hot water.