Edible adhesive

US5827553A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mantrose-Haeuser Co., Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dimitrios A. Dimitroglou · Attleboro, US
• Thomas A. Trezza · Dallas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 27, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/808
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides an oil-free, fat-free, edible adhesive for affixing seasoning to foods substrates which in its preferred embodiment is applied at room temperature. The edible adhesive comprises: from about 3% to about 60%, preferably 3% to about 28%, more preferably about 4.8 to about 9.8% of a starch hydrolysate having a dextrose equivalent of from about 4 to about 38, preferably about 10 to about 26, more preferably about 18; from about 3% to about 80%, preferably about 26% to about 75%, more preferably about 70% to about 75% of at alcohol having 1 to 4 hydroxyl groups, preferably 2 or 3 hydroxyl groups and 2 to 4 carbon atoms, preferably 3 carbon atoms; from about 0% to about 50%, preferably about 5% to about 30% more preferably about 10% of a polymerized glycol having a molecular weight of about 200 to 9,500, preferably about 200 to 900, more preferably about 400; and preferably a solvent. Preferably there is least about 5%, more preferably from about 5% to about 20%, even more preferably from about 5% to about 20%, most preferably 10% of a solvent, preferably water. The present invention also relates to methods for applying the edible adhesive and to the edible …