Joseph R Russo

US Patent:

40680096, Jan 10, 1978

Filed:

Sep 15, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/723417

Inventors:

Joseph M. Rispoli - Massapequa Park NY
Morris A. Rogers - Mt. Vernon NY
Janice Raiford Shaw - Yonkers NY
Joseph J. Russo - New Windsor NY

Assignee:

General Foods Corporation - White Plains NY

International Classification:

A23L 1176

US Classification:

426291

Abstract:

A bread crumb coating composition which, when coated onto a batter-coated comestible and then baked, imparts the resultant comestible with the taste, texture and appearance of a fried comestible. The bread crumb coating composition comprises bread crumbs consisting essentially of wheat flour, yeast and salt and having an elongated, porous and striated shape and structure, and a particle size wherein at least a majority of the crumbs by weight are retained on a USS 20 mesh screen after passing a USS 5 mesh screen, but not more than 10% of the crumbs by weight are retained on a USS 5 mesh screen. The bread crumbs are uniformly browned, and have an edible oil applied onto their surface.