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Low sugar presweetened dry coated cereals and method of preparation

CA 2505329 C · Owner: General Mills Ip Holdings Ii, Llc · Inventors: Nowakowski, Christine; Green, Daniel R.

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A ready to eat breakfast cereal is prepared by coating dried cereal base pieces food pieces with a low sugar sweetener in powder form such as a high conversion maltodextrin or low conversion corn syrup that includes a high potency , sweetener. The cereal is pre-coated with a liquid oil for better adhesion of the , powdered low sugar sweetener. The low sugar coating has a sugars content of less , than 10% yet provides taste, texture appearance and bowl life that mimics , presweetened RTE cereals having a sucrose based coating.

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  • Filed April 26, 2005 and granted January 22, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 26, 2025.
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FiledApril 26, 2005
GrantedJanuary 22, 2013
Term endedApril 26, 2025
Patent numberCA 2505329 C
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