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US 4,180,593 AGranted
Process for producing round spherical free flowing blown bead food products of controlled bulk density
OwnerAllan N. Cohaninventor
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Abstract
Food products in the form of blown beads are prepared by spraying a composition into a heated zone to dry and expand the sprayed product followed by subjecting the product to a cooling zone to thereby quench cool and to thereby aid in the control of their bulk density.
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A process for producing food product in the form of round spherical free flowing blown beads which comprises:
- A. providing sprayable, flowable composition containing an edible film forming food product, liquid in an amount sufficient to render the composition flowable, and a blowing agent;
- said blowing agent being present in said composition prior to the spraying step (B) below;
- B. spraying said composition to atomize said composition to form beads;
- C. subjecting said beads to a heated zone to therefore expand said beads by expansion of gases within the interior of said beads and to dry said beads;
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- D. subjecting the expanding beads to a cooling zone to quench cool said beads to thereby stop the expansion of said beads and aid in the control of their bulk density.
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