Patent No. 600850 Disclosed is a method of manufacture of a food product comprising the steps of: wholly or partially impregnating a substrate with a stabiliser composition wherein the substrate comprises pieces of meat, poultry, fish, vegetable, fruit or dairy foods； wherein the stabiliser composition comprises by dry weight: cellulose gum 5-25% modified starch 16-50% thickener component 32-79% wherein the percentages of the ingredients are selected from the ranges quoted to total 100%； and optional further ingredients and coating the impregnated substrate with an aqueous coating composition comprising 0.1 to 5% of a mixture comprising by dry weight: cellulose gum 15-35% modified starch 15-50% hydrocolloid 20-30% proteinaceous component 10-20% wherein the percentages of the ingredients are selected from the ranges quoted to total 100%.
