| abstract |
A biscuit, consisting of agglomerated granules of an extrusion cooked base, which are coated with a binder. The biscuit has a density of from 0.3 to 0.8 g/cm3 and a water content of from 1.5 to 4.5% by weight. The base consists of from 40 to 80 parts by weight of cereal flour, from 0 to 20 parts by weight of sucrose and from 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of oil or fat. The base has a specific weight of from 0.1 to 0.3 g/cm3. The binder consists of from 8 to 30 parts by weight of sucrose and/or mixtures of glucose and its polymers. |