Patent ID: 8029835

Claim:
A ready-to-eat grain-based cereal product consisting essentially of a layer of moisture-sensitive powder releasably adhered to at least part of: a ready-to-eat cereal grain-based component consisting essentially of a composition selected from the group consisting of cereal, oats, rice, grits, barley, granola, corn, potato, tapioca, starch extrudates, wheat, buckwheat, millet, rye, other types of grains, and combinations thereof; the moisture-sensitive powder layer selected from the group consisting of fizz powder mix and fix powder mix in a blend with one or more components selected from the group consisting of flavoring compositions, probiotic microorganisms, cocoa, sugar, mint, glitter, small particles of gel-like pieces, chocolate pieces or shavings, small pieces of dehydrated fruit, and nuts, releasably adhered to at least part of the grain-based component by a binding layer selected from the group consisting of materials that do not form a film and do not dissolve the moisture-sensitive powder and blends thereof; wherein the fizz powder mix comprises an acid component and a base component which react in the presence of liquid to form fizz.