Patent ID: 8119179
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A23L,A23P

Abstract:
1. A method of making a grain-based food product comprising: providing a grain-based ready-to-eat cereal consisting essentially of a composition selected from the group consisting of cereal, oats, rice, grits, barley, granola, corn, potato, tapioca, starch extrudates, wheat, buckwheat, millet, rye, other types of grains, and combinations thereof; applying a binding material selected from the group consisting of materials that do not form a film and do not dissolve the moisture-sensitive powder and blends thereof on at least part of the grain-based ready-to-eat cereal; and applying to the grain-based ready-to-eat cereal with the binding material a moisture-sensitive powder selected from the group consisting of fizz powder mix, and fizz powder mix blended with one or more components selected from the group consisting of flavoring compositions, probiotic microorganisms, cocoa, sugar, mint, glitter, small particles of gel-like pieces, chocolate pieces or shavings, small pieces of dehydrated fruit, nuts starch, and starch-like blends; wherein the fizz powder mix comprises an acid component and a base component which react in the presence of liquid to form fizz.