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US 11,006,650 B2Granted
Method to produce cheese chips and raised cheese chips
AssigneePAULA Ingredients Spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia Spolka Komandytowa
InventorsPaulina Radas, Pawel Radas
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Abstract
A method to produce cheese chips provides that cut cheese slices are frozen and then raised by means of rapid water evaporation due to the application of microwave and vacuum drying. The freezing step is preceded by drying and cooling, and the raised cheese chips containing cheese and flavourings are characterised in that their density does not exceed 0.46 g/cm3, the porosity does exceed 40%, and the crunchiness does exceed 4.
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A method to produce cheese chips from matured cheese, comprising the steps of:
- providing cheese slices from the matured cheese, the cheese slices having a thickness in the range of 1 mm to 7 mm;
- drying the cheese slices at a temperature from 20° C. to 90° C. for 30 minutes to 200 minutes until reaching a humidity level of 10% to 50%;
- after the drying step, cooling the cheese slices with air;
- freezing the cheese slices after the drying and cooling steps;
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- raising the cheese slices by water evaporation by application of microwave and vacuum drying until the cheese slices have a density not exceeding 0.46 g/cm3;
- thereby providing cheese chips from matured cheese having a density not exceeding 0.46 g/cm3 and a porosity measured by analyzing a displacement of sea sand that is at least 40%.
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