NON-FROZEN COATED AERATED CONFECTIONERY

Abstract

The present invention is related to specific coated non-frozen aerated confectionery, which are fortified with specific nutrients. More particularly it relates to non-frozen aerated confectionery, such as a marshmallow.

Claims

1. Non-frozen coated confection consisting of (a) an aerated core and (b) a shell coating the core, wherein the core is fortified by at least one specific nutrient.

2. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, which does not comprise any chocolate.

3. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the core is a marshmallow.

4. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the core comprises the following ingredients: (i) sugar and/or sugar substitute, (ii) water, (iii) air, and (iv) at least one whipping agent/aerator (usually a protein).

5. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 4, wherein the aerated core comprises between 50-95 wt-%, based on the total weight of the core, of at least one sugar (Preferably the at least one sugar is chosen from the group consisting of sucrose, corn syrup (glucose syrup) and invert sugar) or sugar substitute.

6. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 4, wherein the aerated core comprises up to 20 wt-%, based on the total weight of the core, of water.

7. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 4, wherein the aerated core comprises up to of 50% (by volume) air.

8. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 4, wherein the aerated core comprises between 1-5 wt-%, based on the total weight of the core, of at least one whipping agent/aerator (Preferably the whipping agent/aerator is a protein. More preferably are albumen (egg whites) and/or gelatin).

9. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the aerated core comprises 2-30 wt-%, based on the total weight of the core, of at least one specific nutrient (Preferably of dietary ingredients (such as vitamins, carotenoids, minerals) as well as prebiotics and probiotics).

10. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the aerated core comprises additional ingredients.

11. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the shell coating is a sugar and/or sugar substitute coating.

12. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the ration (related to the weight) of the core and the shell is from 1:0.05 to 1:2.

13. The non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein the non-frozen coated confection is sphere-like and has a size from 0.5 cm-3.0 cm.

14. Process of production of the non-frozen coated confection according to claim 1, wherein (1) the aerated core is produced and then (2) the aerated core is coated (by a sugar coating or sugar substitute coating.

Description

EXAMPLES

[0067] All the following examples are made in analogy to the process as described in the description.

Example 1: Aerated Confection Fortified with Vitamins as Dietary Ingredients

[0068] In the aerated confection a premix of the following composition is used (Table 1)

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Formulation of Premix Unit of BOM Ingredient potency quantity quantity g/kg IODINE 0.01 88 MCG 36.667 ZINC 0.4 5.5 MG 57.292 VITAMIN E 0.5 50 IU 416.667 VITAMIN B6 0.2739 2.08 MG 31.642 BIOTIN 0.01 97.5 MCG 40.625 VITAMIN A 250 2,800.00 IU 46.667 VITAMIN D3 100 1,400.00 IU 58.333 VITAMIN B12 0.01 15 MCG 6.25 VITAMIN C 1 42 MG 175.967 FOLIC ACID 0.1 480 MCG 20 PANTOTHENIC 0.91 24 MG 109.89 ACID

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Formulation of aerated core with premix of table 1 Amount Amount Ingredients [wt-%] [g] MVM premix of table 1 11.42 180.00  Malic Acid  0.35  5.50 Egg Albumin  0.48  7.50 Sugar 31.72 500.05  Corn Syrup 13.10 206.50  Gelatin  1.44 22.70 Tapioca Starch  0.44  7.00 Powdered Sugar 40.21 633.91  Nat. Strawberry Flavor  0.86 13.50 (The composition comprises about 5 wt-% of water)

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Alternative formulation of aerated core with premix of table 1 Amount Amount Ingredients [wt-%] [g] MVM premix of table 1 17.68 240.00  Malic Acid  0.21  4.40 Egg Albumin  0.29  6.00 Sugar 19.03 400.04  Corn Syrup  7.86 165.20  Gelatin  0.86 18.16 Tapioca Starch  0.27  5.60 Powdered Sugar 24.12 507.13  Nat. Strawberry Flavor  0.51 10.80 (The composition comprises about 5 wt-% of water)

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Aerated sugar coated confection fortified with vitamins as dietary ingredients (Core of Table 2) Amount [g] Ingredients (before drying) Marshmallow core of table 2 500.6  Soft panning Syrup 24.7  powder sugar 70.7  Hard panning Syrup 195.1  Syrup with TiO.sub.2 48.8  Syrup with Color and Flavor 101.2  Polishing wax 0.6 Total amount 941.1 

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Aerated sugar coated confection fortified with vitamins as dietary ingredients (Core of Table 3) Amount [g] Ingredients (before drying) Marshmallow core of table 3 342.3  Soft panning Syrup 42.7  10 × powder sugar 116.0  Hard panning Syrup 176.5  Syrup with TiO.sub.2 38.5  Syrup with Color and Flavor 66.0  Polishing wax 0.5 Total amount 782.0 

Example 2: Aerated Confection Fortified with Carotenoids as Dietary Ingredients

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TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Formulation of aerated confection comprising lutein and zeaxanthin Amount Amount Ingredients [g] [wt-%] Nat. Zeaxanthin 5% CWS/S-TG (DSM)  4.80  0.24 FloraGLO Lutein 10% CWS/S-TG (DSM) 125.00   6.25 Citric Acid  8.00  0.40 Malic Acid  7.33  0.37 Egg Albumin 10.00  0.50 Sugar 666.73  33.34 Corn Syrup 275.33  13.77 Gelatin 30.26  1.51 Tapioca Starch  9.33  0.47 Powdered Sugar 845.21  42.26 Nat. Strawberry Flavor 18.00  0.90 (The composition comprises about 5 wt-% of water)

TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Aerated sugar coated confection fortified with carotenoid as dietary ingredients (Core of Table 6) Amount [g] Ingredients (before drying) core 630.0  Gumming Gumming solution 10.0  Soft panning Syrup 64.0  powder sugar 183.0  Hard panning Syrup 451.7  Syrup with TiO.sub.2 88.0  Syrup with Color and Flavor 156.9  Polishing wax 1.0