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US 11,172,697 B2Granted
Method for preparing a carbohydrate and/or protein product
AssigneeTun Food Innovation B.V.
InventorsJeffry Raymond Steve Delhaye, Peter Gerardus Hubertus Marie Pijls, Reinier Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Gerardus Reinier Van Der Hoeven
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Abstract
The invention relates to method and a device for preparing a carbohydrate and/or protein product by subjecting a carbohydrate and/or protein to a heat treatment after a few ingredients have been added.
Claims15
A method for preparing a food product, wherein the food product is a puffed food product that is puffed during the preparation, and wherein the method comprises
- making a paste;
- mixing a fat and an emulsifier into the paste thereby homogenizing the paste;
- mixing water into the homogenized paste in such a way that, after having mixed the water, the paste comprises an emulsion and
- using microwaves to heat the paste, thereby causing the paste to become puffed the paste having been divided into portions;
- wherein said food product is selected from the group consisting of a carbohydrate product and a protein product,
- wherein making said paste comprising processing a substance,
- wherein processing said substance is selected from the group consisting of mixing said substance, grinding said substance, and a combination of mixing and grinding said substance,
- wherein said substance is selected from the group consisting of fresh carbohydrate-containing material, a fresh protein-containing material, and a fresh-protein-and-fresh-carbohydrate-containing material,
- wherein said fat is selected from the group consisting of an oil, a margarine, and a combination of an oil and a margarine,
- wherein said emulsion is a water-in-oil emulsion that has a water concentration that exceeds a fat concentration thereof.
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