Preformed potato products
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsMerle L. Weaver, Earl Hautala, Masahide Nonaka
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Abstract
Potatoes are converted into convenience food products, using techniques which provide advantages over customary operations. Example: Potatoes are cooked and mashed. The mash is shaped into strips which are then treated with hot air to case-harden their surfaces. The resulting intermediates may be fried directly or held in frozen or cold storage for future use. On frying, they yield products which have the taste, appearance, color, and texture of high-quality conventional French fries plus added advantages of higher solids content, lower fat content, and no tendency to get limp.
Claims3
An intermediate useful for the preparation of fried products, said intermediate consisting solely of potato flesh, and comprising a shaped body of compressed cooked potato mash enveloped in a thin shell of case-hardened potato tissue.
An intermediate useful for the preparation of fried products, said intermediate consisting solely of potato flesh, and being a shaped body of compressed, cooked potato mash enveloped in a shell of case-hardened potato tissue having a thickness of 0.01 to 0.04 inch.
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