Patent ID: 7045161

Claim:
A process for producing saccharide coated foods, comprising the steps of: a. coating a raw food material with one or more saccharides in a solid form selected from the group consisting of α,α-trehalose, cyclic oligosaccharides and sugar alcohols in a sufficient amount to cover over the raw food material, b. heating the resulting product before the saccharide(s) is melted and is penetrated into the raw food material at a temperature of 100° C. or over for 2 to 15 minutes to melt the saccharide over the resulting product without any soaking step, c. drying or cooling the product to solidify the melted saccharide(s) over the product; whereby the inherent color, taste and shape of the raw food material are substantially retained, and, d. steps (a) to (c) are sequentially operated on a belt conveyer.