Suspension for adding a controlled amount of ingredient to a food product

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An improved method of adding food-additive ingredients to a food product particularly a reduced fat fried snack product and an ingredient suspension , containing a flowable edible preferably a nondigestible fat, and foodadditive ingredients. The method consists of suspending the encapsulated or powdered ingredients in the flowable edible fat and applying the suspension , in a controlled amount to the surface of a food product. The preferred food product is a fabricated reduced fat or fat-free potato chip which is a fried snack made by frying a dough in a nondigestible fat to a moisture content of less than 5 %. The ingredient suspension is applied to the surface of the fried snack soon …