Patent ID: 7867530

Claim:
A multi-component foodstuff comprising: (a) a first food material; (b) a barrier composition; and (c) a second food material wherein the first food material is coated with the barrier composition such that the barrier composition prevents or reduces movement of water from one food material to the other food material; wherein the first food material and the second food material are different food materials having different water contents, wherein the first food material, barrier composition and the second food material are edible and the barrier composition is present in the foodstuff in such a way that its organoleptic properties of taste, after taste and mouthfeel are imperceptible, whereby a consumer of the foodstuff is not aware of the barrier composition when the foodstuff is consumed; and wherein the barrier composition comprises i) a wax in an amount of 2 to 50 wt. % based on the composition ii) a compound in an amount of 50 to 98 wt. % based on the composition, having the formula wherein t is an integer wherein each R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is independently selected from an acyl group or a hydrogen atom, wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is H or an acyl group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms (short acyl group) wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is an optionally branched chain acyl group consisting of a saturated chain having 10 to 20 carbon atoms and an optional hydrophilic branch group (long acyl group).