Patent ID: 7169422
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
1. A method of making a granola or snack-food product, comprising: a. at a temperature of about 90 degrees C. or higher, mixing dry mix ingredients for the granola or snack-food product with a fat-free liquid binder to obtain a formable mixture, wherein said liquid binder is a sugar solution consisting essentially of less than about 6% by weight water and at least about 94% by weight sugar, and wherein said binder is a liquid at about 90 degrees C. and sets when cooled to room temperature; b. at about 90 degrees C. or higher and while the binder is still liquid, cutting the mixture into a plurality of product precursors; and c. cooling the precursors to set the binder, thereby obtaining the granola or snack-food product.