Patent ID: 8790731

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) hydrating a setting agent comprising xanthan gum and locust bean gum with a liquid under conditions sufficient to provide a non-flowable setting agent preparation comprising about 0.25 to about 1.5 weight percent setting agent and about 80 to about 95 weight percent water and having a yield value in the range of about 0.2 Newton centimeters to about 3 Newton centimeters at 40° F. (4.4° C.); (b) combining the setting agent preparation comprising about 80 to about 95 weight percent water with flour or flour replacement ingredient, sweetener, and fat source to form a non-flowable batter-like composition, wherein the setting agent preparation is present in an amount in the range of about 10 to about 30 weight percent of the non-flowable batter-like composition, and in the form of a continuous phase throughout the non-flowable batter-like composition; and (c) extruding the non-flowable batter-like composition to form substantially non-sticky discrete units.