| 摘要 |
A coated fabricated snack piece that is substantially covered with a coating that contains a gum consisting of alginates, cellulose derivatives, gellan, xanthan, Arabic, pectin and mixtures thereof. The coating may be from about 1% to about 10%, by weight, of the coated fabricated snack piece, and the gum may be present in the coating in a concentration of from about 2% to about 60%, by weight. The carrier is preferably aqueous based, and even more preferably the coating does not comprise starch. Moreover, there is provided a fabricated snack piece made from a sheet of dough, and the dough contains a gum selected from the group consisting of guar, cellulose derivatives, xanthan, Arabic, pectin and mixtures thereof. The gum is present in the dough at a concentration of from about 0.1% to about 2%, by weight, of the dry dough ingredients. |
