Patent ID: 6936291
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: A22C,C08L

Abstract:
1. A comestible substance intergrated with an edible film sheet said film sheet having one side which is relatively smooth and a second side which has microscopic protuberances extending from the surface thereof, wherein at least said second side of said film sheet is adhered to said comestible substance, said film sheet being produced by a process comprising passing a film-forming fluid comprising a food grade cellulosic material through a nip of a pair of side-by-side heated rollers, said fluid being converted to a film having opposite coherent surfaces respectively engaging opposite rollers of said pair, said film becoming divided between said opposite surfaces into two distinct, self-supporting, continuous film sheets after exiting the nip of said rollers, each sheet having one side comprising one of said opposite coherent surfaces adhering to a surface of one of said rollers, and a second side which is opposite the side adhering to the roller surface, and which has microscopic protuberances extending from the surface thereof, the one side of each sheet facing said roller surface being relatively smooth, said rollers being heated sufficiently to dry the resulting continuous film sheets, said resulting sheet releasing intact from the surface of each roller.