DESCRIPTION
FOOD PRODUCT WITH COARSE PARTICLES ON A BASE Technical Field
The present invention is related to a food product obtained by gathering other food products (cocolin, cream, chocolate, marshmallow, etc.) that can be used for sticking on single- layer or multi-layer base (caramel, nougat, cream, jelly, etc.) with different geometries (rectangular, oval, square, circular, irregular, etc.), and different food products (extruded-coextruded puffed grain and legumes, dried nuts, fruit pieces, biscuit pieces, cake pieces, wafer pieces and chocolate pieces, etc.) with large particles (8-15 mm) . Again, if desired, the entire product can be coated with a food product (cocolin, cream, chocolate, etc.). In addition, the top of the product can be decorated with decorating materials. After final coating, if desired, smaller food products (coconut, cracked dried nut pieces, puffed small grain pieces, fruit pieces, granules, candies, etc.) can be stuck on the surface.
State of the Art
The products comprising particles therein and have different forms such as bar, are known in the state of art. However, the sizes and geometries of the particles added to said known forms are limited. Sticking the large particles with different geometries on the surface of a base holder (in an irregular or regular manner) require special methods.
The main reason of the failure in sticking the large particles with different geometries on a base in desired amount and distribution is that the rate of "contact area/volume" is lower when compared to particles with small
sizes (<8 mm) . The particles are removed from the body in an easy manner due to the insufficient strength between holder base and large particles.
The problems such as moisture spread from holder base to particles or from particles to holder base, the rate of holder base in the product, uniform holder geometry and holding strength can be experienced in the present products.
In the patent application numbered O0164044, a bar food product that can provide sustained energy for the consumer is disclosed. Said food product comprises a core food compound and a coating that can be vitamin, mineral, carbohydrate and fat mixture. Said core food compound is non-baked grain based and comprises at least one extruded rice crisp and at least one toasted puffed rice crisp. Said coating can be chosen from among chocolate and food coating materials. The particles creating the form of food product within said product are gathered by using a binder in order to form a holder base for the food compound and coated on the base obtained .
A food product that comprises at least two grain layers around a filling layer having a relatively low water activity and high amount of milk content is disclosed in the patent application numbered US6592915. Within said food product, the particles forming the food form are combined by using a binder and top and bottom layers of the food product are formed. Filling is positioned between two layers.
Several binding additives may be used in order to stick the food pieces used in the products mentioned above to each other. As a problem in fixing the particles on the base is not experienced in the structure, a failure in connection strength does not also occur due to the sizes of said particles .
However, the products that enable the large particles to be bound with each other or to a holder base without a binding additive are not known in the state of art.
Objects of the Invention
The object of the present invention is to provide numerous food products having large and dense food particles with different geometries and various characteristics.
Another object of the present invention is to produce various products consisting of different compounds (salt, sugar, etc.) therein, which have big sizes, different geometries, different functional properties (fiber, vitamin, high in mineral content, etc.) and different structures (soft, crispy, gummy, etc.).
Another object of the present invention is to produce a food product having large particles obtained by using some of the common production methods (extruded, puffed grain production, biscuit production, wafer production, dried bread production, chocolate coating method, decoration method, particle pouring method, cooling and crystallization method, etc.) together in different ways.
Another object of the present invention is to obtain products with higher volumes by especially using low-density large particles .
Another object of the present invention is to gather several food products with different qualities in different combinations and thus, to provide many products having different features and eating manners.
Description of the Figures
Figure 1 is the front, top and sectional view of food product that has large particles and is in the form of bar.
Figure 2 is the view of holder base geometry examples
Figure 3 is the view of large particle geometry examples
Figure 4 Coextruded large particle examples
Description of the References in the Figures
1. Holder base
2. First coating material
3. Large particles
4. Second coating material
5. Small particles
6. Decoration
Description of the Invention
The food product according to the present invention consists of large particles (3) distributed in a regular or irregular manner on the outer surface of a holder base (1) comprising one or mixture of several of a water and/or fat based food product after it is coated with the first coating (2), and spreading from body plane outward in different spreading angles and directions, and if desired, a second coating (4) on said large particles (3) . When desired, various small particles {5} and decorations (6) may be applied on the final coating. Additional binding compounds are not required for binding the particles and holder base in a stable manner in order to create said form of the product.
The small pieces and particles (5) that may be put on the final coating are smaller when compared to large particles and the particles smaller than 8 mm are generally included in said description.
After large particles are stuck on a holder base (1), large particles (3) may be provided with different structures in accordance with the property of the first coating material (2) (water or fat based) during the shelf life of the product. If desired, moisture transfer from water based coating material into the particles is enabled and soft products are obtained or products having crispy particles are produced by coating the particles. On the other hand, when desired, crispy products with non-coated particles are obtained by using fat based coating.
The holder base (1) mentioned in the invention may be different filling materials such as caramel, nougat, fruit filling, marmalade, coconut filling, jelly, praline, marshmallow and fudge.
According to Figure 1, the holder base (1) of the food product is designed in the form of a food bar. After the holder base (1) of the food bar is combined with the first coating (2), large particles (3) distributed in an irregular and disorganized manner thereon are kept within the second coating ( 4 ) .
The holder base (1) mentioned above can be in the form of a food bar or can have various geometric forms and structures that may be suitable for the product. The examples of holder base (1) are illustrated in Figure 2. The holder base can be one-piece or in the form of several pieces and/or can be a mixture of several food products .
The large particles (3) positioned on the holder base (1) can be extruded food products (extruded particles), coextruded
food products, dried nuts, fruit pieces, chocolate pieces, biscuit /cracker pieces, wafer pieces and cake pieces. The extruded particles according to the present invention can be one or a mixture of several of the all grains and legumes. The large particles (3) may have same sizes and geometries or have various structures in different sizes and geometries. Different large particle (3) geometries that may be used are illustrated in Figure 3.
The gaps occurring within the extruded particles are filled with aromatic compounds such as cream, jam and chocolate and thus, said food product may be obtained by means of large coextruded food products with different qualities and aromatic properties. The coextruded product examples with different geometries that may be used in the invention are illustrated in Figure 4.
The holder base (1) of the food product according to the present invention can be coated with a mixture of several foods or only a food form. If desired, particles (2) are added into the holder base (1) and texture and quality of the structure may be changed.
All the surfaces of said holder base (1) can have straight geometric structure or protrusions and recesses are formed on the desired section of geometric form and thus, the level of the large particles (2), which will be positioned on the surface of holder base (1) in said section, can be changed and food products having different forms may be obtained.
The abovementioned first and second coating materials (2,4) can be chosen from among the coating materials such as chocolate and praline. In different applications regarding the invention, different food compounds used for coating in the food industry can be used as the first coating material (2) and second coating material (4) .
In an application regarding the invention in Figure 1, the coating (2) is designed so as to have 2 layers. The first one of said layers is the first coating (2) that covers the upper surface of the holder base (1) and will form a settling and connection surface for the large particles (3) that will be stuck on the holder base (1) . However, the second coating (4) that is another layer can be spread on the large particles (2) that are stuck on the body (1).
The large particles (3) in the product according to the present invention is dipped into the first coating (2) spread on the holder base (1) and if desired, the second coating (4) is spread on the large particles (3) and large particles (3) are kept between two coating layers.
The first coating (2) and second coating (4) can be chosen from among the food products with same structures and rheological properties so as to be made of same food products or food products having different rheological properties.
Thanks to the combination of large particles (3), holder base
(1) and first coating material (2) formed within the product according to the present invention, and technical properties of the first coating material (2), a stable final product can be obtained without requiring any additional binding compound. The viscosity of the coating/coatings (3) used in the product according to the present invention in the coating temperature is adjusted so as to be 8.000-16.000 cp, and pouring point is adjusted as 10-25 Pa. The large particles
(2) are stuck on the surface by regulating the viscosity and pouring point of the coating material.
As mentioned above, the food product according to the present invention can include various aromas and sweeteners as holder base (1), first coating material (2) and large particles (3).