Patent ID: 7906164

Claim:
A cooked food product comprising a snack/convenience-type food substrate chosen from the group consisting of: chips made from a sliced, raw or cooked, vegetable or fruit, having a thickness of about one-sixteenth inch; a curl; a puff; a tortilla chip; a taco shell; a granola product; a cereal; a crouton; a cracker; a bagel chip; a pretzel; a doughnut; a cake; a nut; a cookie; a muffin; a pastry; a breading material; a bread product; a biscuit; a cheese stick; a pie crust; and a bagel; and a dehydrated potato substrate made from one or more edible natural food substances and a coating composition applied to the substrate prior to cooking the substrate and is cooked in place along with the substrate to form the cooked food product, and wherein the coating composition formed on the substrate at least partially maintains the natural appearance of the substrate after cooking the substrate, and wherein the coating composition comprises: at least 80% weight percent of a first component consisting of a modified potato starch and the modified potato starch is the only starch ingredient in the coating composition wherein the modified potato starch has been modified by a process chosen from the group consisting of pregelatinization, oxidation, enzymatic modification, cross-linking, acetylation, hydroxypropylation or any combination thereof; from 10 to 30 weight percent of a rice flour; and from 4 to 20 weight percent dextrin; and wherein all amounts are based upon weight percent of the dry components.