Patent ID: 7182968
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23V,A61K

Abstract:
1. A food composition for providing natural sweetening, bulking properties, binding, stabilization, texture and support without artificial sweeteners, gluten and sugar for use in a recipe to produce a sugar-free food product, the food composition comprising: a gluten-free baked product mix including: a sugarless natural sweetening agent having particular functional properties of sugar, said sweetening agent comprising xylitol; a whey protein in an amount between about 2 to about 40% by weight to support a structure of the food product produced using the food composition; and at least one of a fiber or a stabilizer, said fiber to provide water-binding capacity and to provide additional bulk without adding caloric value, wherein the mix provides a baked product having consistency and texture equivalent to conventional baked products without the use of gluten.