Preparation of individually coated composite fruit products
AssigneeSabritas, S. de R.L. de C.V.
InventorsRogelio Caballero, Cynthia Meza, Karla Ochoa
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing individually coated, baked, composite fruit core snack products is disclosed. Wet and dry ingredients are mixed and extruded to make a fruit paste rope. The fruit paste rope is divided into individual sections and formed into cores, each of which is substantially shaped into a sphere. The cores are then coated and baked to produce the coated composite fruit snack product.
Claims20
A method for producing a coated, edible composite fruit core, said method comprising:
- mixing dry ingredients comprising fruit powder, wheat flour, maltodextrin and starch to form a dry mix;
- mixing said dry mix with wet ingredients comprising water, polydextrose and glycerin to produce a fruit paste with a moisture content by weight between about 7% and about 15%;
- extruding said fruit paste to produce a fruit paste rope;
- cutting said fruit paste rope to produce rope sections;
- forming said rope sections into a plurality of composite fruit cores, wherein said cores are substantially in the shape of an ellipsoid;
- cooling said composite fruit cores to produce cooled cores;
- coating said cooled cores with a coating mixture comprising sugar, water and starch to produce coated cores having a coating;
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- baking said coated cores until said coating comprises less than about 3% water based on the weight of said coating.
A system for making individual, baked, coated, composite fruit core materials, said system comprising:
- a mixer adapted to produce a composite fruit mixture;
- an extruder adapted to extrude said fruit mixture into a fruit rope;
- a cutter adapted to cut said fruit rope into rope sections;
- a core former adapted to form each of said rope sections into a plurality of cores substantially in the shape of an ellipsoid;
- a cooler adapted to cool said cores and provide cooled cores;
- a coater adapted to coat said cooled cores with a starch based coating to produce coated cores;
- an oven adapted to bake said coated cores to produce said individual, baked coated composite fruit core materials.
A snack food comprising:
- a composite fruit paste core material substantially ellipsoid in shape and comprising fruit powder, wheat flour, polydextrose, maltodextrin and a moisture content of at least 6% by weight;
- a coating comprising sugar, starch and a moisture content of less than about 3% by weight.
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