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EP 0 928 139 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/28 (21) Application number: 97938283.0 (22) Date of filing: 14.08.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A21D 2/ 36( . ) A23L 1/ 0534( . ) A23L 1/ 308( . ) A23L 1/ 025( . ) A23L 1/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1997/014271 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/006269 (19.02.1998 Gazette 1998/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 14.08.1996 US 19960696614 (71) Applicant: Delta Food Group, Inc. Sharon Hill, PA 19023 (US)	(72) Inventors: REDDING, Bruce, K., Jr. Philadelphia, PA 19153 (US) HARDEN, Jerome Philadelphia, PA 19151 (US) (74) Representative: Rickard, Timothy Mark Adrian  Brookes & Martin, High Holborn House, 52/54 High Holborn London WC1V 6SE London WC1V 6SE (GB)