Patent ID: 8119174

Claim:
A method for preparing a pre-sweetened comestible, comprising the steps of: A. providing a base of food pieces; B. applying a low sugar coating to at least a portion of one major surface of the base, comprising the sub-steps of: applying a first low sugar adhesive binder coating in liquid form to at least a portion of at least one major surface of the base pieces to provide tacky base pieces with at least a portion having a tacky surface; and applying a second low sugar topcoat coating to the tacky base pieces as a coating or layer in powdered form having a particle size ranging from about 100-600 microns, said topcoat coating composition comprising 80-99.9% of a high conversion maltodextrin and/or low conversion corn syrup having a dextrose equivalent ranging from about 5 to less than 40, an average degree of polymerization of at least 3, and at least one high potency sweetener; wherein the sugar(s) content of the low sugar coating is less than 10% by weight and wherein the weight ratio of base to low sugar coating ranges from about 100:20 to 100:50 to provide a low sugar presweetened dry coated comestible.