ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,906, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to General Mills Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Shelf stable food coating" was invented by Doug Goedeken (Blaine, Minn.), Shintaro Pang (New Hope, Minn.) and Goeran Walther (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating having no non-intact sugar sources and having a good texture, flavor, structure, and bowl life is described. A coating includes erythritol in an amount of about 40% to about 70% by dry weight and a sprouted whole grain ingredient in an amount of about 10% to about 30% by dry weight. Also described are coated food pieces and methods of making coated food pieces using a novel coatin...