Breakfast Type Patents (Class 426/619)
  • Patent number: 4112125
    Abstract: A semi-moist, semi-soft, shelf-stable and non-bleeding particle for carrying a food flavor contains 5-30% protein, 5-70% gelatinized starch, 5-40% vegetable fat and at least one of 5-50% dextrose and 5-50% sucrose. The moisture content is between 2 and 30%. The particles may be flavored with natural and artificial fruit flavors, cheese flavors, etc. The texture, mouth feel and flavors closely approximate the natural corresponding particles. The particles may be used in various conventional food compositions such as dry muffin and cake mixes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Beatrice Foods Co.
    Inventors: Jon C. Chesnut, Edward Epstein
  • Patent number: 3992556
    Abstract: Food products are supplemented with food supplements comprising finely divided particles of edible, metabolizable fat carrier having mixed therein a nutrient selected from the group consisting of assimilable iron compound, vitamins, minerals and mixtures thereof. Preferably the food supplement is affixed to the food product by applying the supplement to the surface of the food product while said surface is at a temperature above the melting point of the fat carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Vitamins, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis E. Kovacs, Richard Merriam Vondell
  • Patent number: 3952115
    Abstract: A proteinaceous foodstuff comprising an edible sulfur-containing amino acid deficient protein and a nutritionally supplemental amount of a sulfur-containing amino acid derivative selected from the group consisting of N-acyl L-methionine ester, N,N'-diacyl L-cystine ester and N-acyl L-cysteine ester, wherein the acyl group is derived from fatty acids having from 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and the ester group is derived from fatty alcohols having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ralph Anthony Damico, Robert Wayne Boggs