Infused roasted seeds and methods of making thereof

US8435579B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC · US

Inventors

• Douglas A. Smyth · Belvidere, US
• Heather Michelle Johnson · Readington, US
• Emily Jane Rudolph · Morristown, US
• Jan Karwowski · Franklin Lakes, US
• Chen-Yu Wang · Danei, TW
• Jaime C. Ho · Sagamore Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2010
• Grant date: May 7, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L25/25
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Roasted infused seeds and a process for preparing roasted infused seeds are described. In one aspect, the roasted infused seeds may have salt, flavors, nutrients, colors, and/or functional ingredients as well as mixtures of these components infused internally into the seed. By infusing such components into the seeds, the methods described herein provide roasted seeds with unique flavors, nutrients, colors, textures, densities, and/or other functionalities.