Dipeptide sweetened ready-to-eat cereal and coating method
US4614657A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L27/32
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A sweet, coated, ready-to-eat cereal and a method for making the sweet, coated, ready-to-eat cereal where the coated ready-to-eat cereal comprises: (a) a ready-to-eat cereal base; (b) a dipeptide sweetener in an amount in the range of about 0.05% to 0.5% of the weight of the ready-to-eat cereal base; and (c) an edible acid selected from the group consisting of mono-, di- and tri-carboxylic acids which have at least one pK.sub.a in the range of about 3.0 to 6.0, wherein the dipeptide sweetener and the edible acid are intermingled in a coating on the ready-to-eat cereal base.
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