Appeal No. 1997-1294
Application No. 08/524,763
rejection of claims 1 through 31 which are all of the claims
remaining in the application.
Claims 1, 19, 20 and 24 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and read as follows:
1. A breading crumb product for application to a food
substrate comprising, before application to the substrate, a
breading crumb having incorporated therein about 1 to 10 wt%
of at least one heat-set protein and up to 3 wt% added fat.
19. A food product comprising a food substrate coated
with a predust, a batter and a breading crumb product, said
predust and said breading crumb product having incorporated
therein, before application to the substrate, about 1 to 10
wt% of at least one heat-set protein.
20. A food product comprising a food substrate coated
first with a predust comprising a comminuted breading crumb
product having incorporated therein, before application to the
substrate, about 1 to 10 wt% of at least one heat-set protein,
and then with a batter layer.
24. A method of preparing a breading crumb product for
later application to a food substrate comprising:
a) preparing a breading crumb from dry and wet
ingredients, in a conventional bread crumb-forming operation;
b) incorporating into the breading crumb-forming
preparation at a convenient juncture, a heat-set protein
chosen from the group consisting of sodium caseinate, calcium
caseinate, potassium caseinate, soy protein caseinate, and soy
protein isolate; and
c) completing the preparation of said breading crumb.
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