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US 12,733,663 B2Granted
Liquified potato product and process
AssigneeMcCain Foods Limited
InventorsNigel Kirtley, Ray Laudano, Derek E. Spors
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Abstract
A liquid potato-derived product may be produced from whole raw potatoes and may be utilized to produce various healthy food products, such as dips and sauces. This liquid potato product may be produced from raw potatoes by pretreating the potatoes, gelatinizing the pretreated potatoes, and then liquefying the gelatinized potatoes under sufficient shear.
Claims24
A method of making a food product, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an initial potato feed comprising one or more potatoes;
- (b) at least partially gelatinizing said initial potato feed to thereby form a gelatinized potato feed, wherein said at least partially gelatinizing comprises—
- (i) contacting at least a portion of said initial potato feed with water over a time period of 1 to 30 minutes at a temperature of at least 80° C., or
- (ii) contacting at least a portion of said initial potato feed with steam over a time period of at least 5 minutes and at a temperature of less than 185° C.;
- (c) shearing at least a portion of said gelatinized potato feed in the presence of an added oil for at least 1 minute with a shearing device to thereby form a liquid potato product, wherein said shearing provides an amount of mechanical work to said gelatinized potato feed so as to increase the temperature of said gelatinized potato feed to at least 67° C., wherein said added oil is present during said shearing in sufficient quantities so that said liquid potato product comprises at least 4 weight percent of said added oil;
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- (d) forming said food product from at least a portion of said liquid potato product, wherein said food product comprises a dip, a sauce, a dressing, a soup, an imitation dairy product, a beverage, a confectionary, or a spread.
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A method of making an imitation dairy product, the method comprising:
- (a) providing an initial potato feed comprising one or more potatoes;
- (b) at least partially gelatinizing said initial potato feed to thereby form a gelatinized potato feed, wherein said at least partially gelatinizing comprises—
- (i) contacting at least a portion of said initial potato feed with water over a time period of 5 to 30 minutes at a temperature of at least 80° C., or
- (ii) contacting at least a portion of said initial potato feed with steam over a time period of 5 to 30 minutes and at a temperature of less than 185° C.;
- (c) shearing at least a portion of said gelatinized potato feed in the presence of an added oil for at least 2 minutes with a shearing device to thereby form a liquid potato product, wherein said shearing provides an amount of mechanical work to said gelatinized potato feed so as to increase the temperature of said gelatinized potato feed to at least 67° C., wherein said added oil is present during said shearing in sufficient quantities so that said liquid potato product comprises at least 4 weight percent of said added oil;
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- (d) forming said imitation dairy product from at least a portion of said liquid potato product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.