Patent ID: 7097870

Claim:
A cereal bar, comprising: at least two cereal layers, each of the at least two cereal layers comprising a cereal composition made from identifiable ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal pieces, extruded rice pieces and a protein source combined with a carbohydrate binder containing greater than 0%, up to less than 30%, by weight, of fat, wherein at least one of the identifiable RTE cereal pieces is a whole cereal piece; and at least one visible thixotropic semi-solid fruit filling layer containing a gelling agent, the thixotropic semi-solid fruit filling layer having a water activity between about 0.4 and 0.5 and located in between each of the at least two cereal layers to form an intermediate layer, wherein the cereal bar has a water activity between about 0.35 and 0.55 and is disposed within an individual package.