Crispy banana snack products
AssigneeEnwave Corporation
InventorsGuopeng Zhang, Erika Sandoval, Shafique Ahmad, Braden Knights
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Abstract
A porous, crunchy dried banana food product is made by mixing a ripe banana puree and either ripe or unripe banana flour to form a composition, and exposing the composition to microwave radiation at a pressure less than atmospheric to puff and dry the composition, producing the porous, crunchy dried banana food product. The method enables a food product based on banana puree to be dried to a porous, crunchy snack product by means of microwave vacuum drying without requiring non-banana thickeners.
Claims17
A method of making a porous, crunchy dried banana food product, comprising:
- (a) providing a banana puree;
- (b) providing banana flour;
- (c) mixing the puree and the banana flour to form a composition;
- (d) exposing the composition to microwave radiation at a pressure less than atmospheric to puff and dry the composition, producing the porous, crunchy dried banana food product.
A porous, crunchy dried banana food product, comprising dried banana puree and banana flour.
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