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US 10,113,794 B2Granted
Method for drying a material
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsSiegfried Schmidt, Maria Toivonen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of drying a material, that includes the steps of: providing a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam in a housing, transporting a material into the housing, and drying the material in the gaseous atmosphere. Thereafter, transporting the dried material out of the housing and extracting from the gaseous atmosphere volatile substances which escape from the material into the gaseous atmosphere, especially flavors. The invention is also direct to an apparatus for drying the extruded material.
Claims7
A method of drying a food, comprising the steps of:
- transporting an extruded food comprising a flavor into a housing having a heated gaseous atmosphere therein,
- wherein the gaseous atmosphere comprises a superheated steam having a varied density in a vertical direction and a varied temperature in the vertical direction,
- drying the extruded food in the heated gaseous atmosphere to form a dried food and a flavor containing steam,
- transporting the dried food out of the housing,
- condensing a portion of the flavor containing steam to form a flavor containing liquid,
- extracting the flavor from the flavor containing liquid;
- and
- introducing the flavor into a packing container during a packing process.
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