Abstract: A process of forming 3-dimensional food products, such as cereal products, includes providing cooked dough that is injected into a mold to form a 3-dimensional piece of food product. The shape of the 3-dimensional food product is controlled by the configuration of the interior surfaces of the mold. The mold may be a hot mold or a cold mold. The use of a hot mold causes the dough in the mold to expand, forming an expanded 3-dimensional food product. The use of a cold mold forms an unexpanded 3-dimensional food product.

Abstract: An improved cereal flour mixture, production method, and resulting cereal are provided. The cereal contains whole grain and can be extruded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to reduced sugar-content sugar-coated ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals and methods of their preparation. The RTE cereal has a sugar coating comprising from about 56% to about 70% sugar and from about 16% to about 28% maltodextrin. A method of preparing a reduced sugar-content sugar-coated RTE cereal includes providing a cereal base and forming a coating over the cereal base, the coating comprising on a dry weight basis from about 56% to about 70% sugar and from about 16% to about 28% maltodextrin. The coating may also include a fruit flavor and an acidulant. The method may also include drying the coated cereal and actively cooling the dried cereal below the coatings glass transition temperature while agitating the cereal so that the cooled RTE cereal does not form agglomerations of RTE cereal that do not break apart during packaging.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method is provided for injecting a fluid additive into a viscous fluid food flow stream. A fluid additive injector device is utilized to inject the fluid additive which has structure to prevent or minimize the amount of fluid additive that contacts or pools along the periphery of the fluid food flow stream. A fluid additive delivery system is provided to deliver equal amounts of fluid additive to a plurality of fluid additive injectors using a single pump without adjustable flow control apparatus.