US 11,882,862 B2
Food product and coating
Michael Jensen, Omaha, NE (US); Jenny Viviana Bermudez Lopez, Omaha, NE (US); Kirsten Fletter, Omaha, NE (US); Jacqueline Mathews, Auburn, MA (US); and Clinton L. Johnson, Omaha, NE (US)
Assigned to Conagra Foods RDM, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Conagra Foods RDM, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,849.
Application 17/947,849 is a continuation of application No. 16/901,442, filed on Jun. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,478,002.
Application 16/901,442 is a continuation of application No. 13/656,866, filed on Oct. 22, 2012, granted, now 10,681,929.
Application 13/656,866 is a continuation of application No. 13/656,805, filed on Oct. 22, 2012, granted, now 10,681,928.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/600,012, filed on Feb. 17, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180799 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 7/191 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 7/191 (2016.08) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A food product having a low-sweetness perception, the food product comprising:
a carbohydrate base; and
a coating, wherein the coating in a glaze state includes:
maltodextrin from about 35% to about 50% by total weight of the coating,
sugar alcohol from about 10% to about 30% by total weight of the coating,
a sweetness inhibitor from about 0.1% to about 5.0% by total weight of the coating, wherein the sweetness inhibitor includes at least one member of a group consisting of: a carboxylic acid and a gymnemic acid, and
wherein the coating has a dextrose equivalent that is less than about 30 and a sweetness value for a 10% concentration of the coating is about half as sweet as a 5% concentration of sucrose.