Claims
- 1. A food product comprising:
- (a) a comestible core;
- (b) a first layer substantially covering said core and comprising a mixture of non-pregelatinized waxy starches and non-waxy starches having:
- (i) a first sub-layer comprising amylose and amylopectin in major proportion and disaccharide in minor proportion, the weight ratio of amylose to amylopectin in said first sub-layer being from about 1:99 to about 1:10; and
- (ii) a second sub-layer substantially covering said first sub-layer and comprising amylose and amylopectin in major proportion and disaccharide in minor proportion, the weight ratio of amylose to amylopectin in said second sub-layer being from about 1:99 to about 1:10 and the weight ratio of simple sugar in said second sub-layer to simple sugar in said first sub-layer being no less than about 1:0.8;
- (c) a second layer substantially covering said first layer, said second layer comprising amylose and amylopectin, the weight ratio of amylose to amylopectin in the second layer being no less than about 1:19.
- 2. The food product of claim 1 wherein the amylose:amylopectin weight ratio in said first layer is from about 1:24 to about 1:19.
- 3. The food product of claim 2 wherein the amylose:amylopectin weight ratio in said second layer is no less than about 1:4.
- 4. The food product of claim 1 wherein the amount of amylose and the amount of amylopectin in said first layer together comprise from about 40 to about 80 percent by weight on a water-free basis of said first layer.
- 5. The food product of claim 4 wherein the amount of amylose and the amount of amylopectin in said first layer together comprise from about 40 to about 60 percent by weight on a water-free basis of said first layer.
- 6. The food product of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of simple sugar in said second sub-layer to simple sugar in said first sub-layer is no less than about 1:0.7.
- 7. The food product of claim 1 wherein said starch comprises starch gelatinized in situ.
- 8. The food product of claim 7 wherein said mixture of waxy and non waxy starches comprises non-pregelatinized waxy starch and non-waxy starch, the weight ratio of said waxy starch to said non-waxy starch in said first layer being greater than about 8:1.
- 9. The food product of claim 8 wherein said non-pregelatinized starch comprises starch gelatinized in situ.
- 10. The food product of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of waxy starch to non-waxy starch in said first layer is from about 8:1 to about 12:1.
- 11. A food product comprising a
- (a) comestible core;
- (b) a first layer substantially covering said core, said first layer comprising non-pregelatinized waxy starch and non-waxy starch in a weight ratio of greater than about 8:1; and
- (c) a second layer substantially covering said first layer, said second layer comprising in major proportion non-waxy starch.
- 12. A food product comprising:
- (a) a comestible core;
- (b) an expanded or puffed first layer substantially covering said core, said first layer comprising in major proportion non-pregelatinized waxy starch; and
- (c) a protective outer shell which substantially covers said first layer and which comprises in major proportion non-waxy starch.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/099,988, filed Jul. 30, 199, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/759,299, filed Sep. 13, 1991, now abandoned.
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