Abstract: An animated food, containing a food animating product and method is disclosed. The animating food product is edible and animates the food by dispersing an outer mass in liquid and revealing an inner mass of the animating food portion that is different in appearance from the appearance of the animating mass prior to dispersion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 1998
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2000
Assignee:
The Quaker Oats Company
Inventors:
Paula P. Manoski, Michelle Salazar, John J. Smith, Robert F. Boutin, Thomas J. Hinkemeyer