US 11,856,965 B2
Solid foam products and methods of making the same
Utkarsh Shah, Hershey, PA (US); Gagan Mongia, Hummelstown, PA (US); and Yvette Thibault Pascua Cubides, Palmyra, PA (US)
Assigned to THE HERSHEY COMPANY, Hershey, PA (US)
Filed by THE HERSHEY COMPANY, Hershey, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,454.
Application 17/381,454 is a division of application No. 16/079,786, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2017/018685, filed on Feb. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/318,313, filed on Apr. 5, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/300,356, filed on Feb. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345637 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A23G 1/52 (2006.01); A23G 1/56 (2006.01); A23P 30/40 (2016.01); A23L 2/66 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 1/52 (2013.01) [A23G 1/56 (2013.01); A23L 2/66 (2013.01); A23P 30/40 (2016.08)] 18 Claims
 
1. A food product comprising an air-stable edible solid foam that disintegrates in the presence of an aqueous liquid, the air-stable edible solid foam comprising, on a dry weight basis:
about 13.3 to about 14.3 wt % of at least one proteinaceous whipping agent derived from a plant source comprising an aqueous protein extract of a legume; and
about 78.6 to about 83.4 wt % of at least one sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucrose, a high intensity sweetener, and a combination thereof.