Patent ID: 8021705

Claim:
A process for preparing a dry mix of food ingredients comprising spraying an atomized liquid comprising glycerine onto an agitated mass of food ingredients in particulate form to form a dry mix having from 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight glycerine homogeneously dispersed thereon, said food ingredients comprising from 10% to 99.9% by weight flour, and said liquid having a water activity (a w ) less than 0.35 and comprising at least 50% by weight glycerine, from 0% to less than 5% by weight of a polysorbate emulsifier based on the weight of glycerine, said dry mix having a moisture content less than 15% by weight and a water activity of less than 0.91, and flow properties and resistance to clumping substantially the same as the flow properties and resistance to clumping of an otherwise identical dry mix in the absence of said glycerine.