Cheese toppings for baked snacks suitable for prebake application

US11589595B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intercontinental Great Brands LLC · US

Inventors

• Jill Critchley · East Hanover, US
• Lynn Haynes · Morristown, US
• Alan John Kino · Waldwick, US
• Kenneth Maas · Pattenburg, US
• Mihaelos N. Mihalos · Palisades Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23V2002/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cheese slurry suitable for topical application on a snack product prior to baking includes natural cheese powder solids, an emulsifier, oil, water, and pregelatinized starch in amounts effective to provide a crispy topping having an appearance of melted cheese uniformly adhered to the outer surface of the baked dough product, and up to 1 percent reducing sugars, polyols, or a combination thereof and substantially no enzyme-modified cheese, buttermilk, whey, maltodextrins, or yeast extract so that the cheese slurry composition is resistant to undesirable browning and burning upon baking.