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US 12,342,829 B2Granted
Snack food product and method of making the same
AssigneeFrito-Lay North America, Inc.
InventorsKevin Kreter, Robert Egnatchik
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Abstract
A shaped snack product having a substantially uniform thickness and an exposed surface area that is capable of receiving seasoning. Processes for making a shaped snack product include forming a shaped dough piece followed by intermediary steps that allow for slicing of the subsequently formed baked shaped piece producing at least two sliced pieces.
Claims10
A process comprising:
- extruding dough into a shaped dough piece having a top surface opposed to a bottom surface to define a substantially uniform thickness between the top surface and the bottom surface;
- pretreating the shaped dough piece to form a pre-treated piece;
- baking the pre-treated piece to form a baked piece encapsulated by an outer shell and having a moisture content of about 16.5 wt. % to about 21 wt. %;
- slicing the baked piece in a direction parallel to the top and bottom surfaces to form sliced intermediate pieces, each sliced intermediate piece having a thickness less than the substantially uniform thickness;
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- drying the intermediate pieces to form shaped snacks.
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