Hull containing compositions
AssigneeFrito-Lay, Inc.
InventorsClifford J. Pappas, Albert F. Vickers
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Abstract
Essentially solid, free-flowing, blended compositions are provided containing wastes or by-products obtained in manufacturing cooked, farinaceous food products, especially snack chips, e.g., corn chips or potato chips, and one or more of rice hulls, soybean hulls and peanut hulls. The compositions may, in addition, contain other dietary solids, such as other cellulosic fibrous wastes. The compositions are useful as animal feeds or as animal feed ingredients.
Claims17
An essentially solid, blended, flowable composition comprising (a) about 40 to 80% of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of soybean hulls, rice hulls and peanut hulls and (b) about 20 to 60% of waste products from the manufacture of cooked farinaceous food products, or mixtures of such waste products, said percentages of (a) and (b) being based on the total of their weight, said waste products having on a total basis about 20 to 50 percent of undissolved solids derived from said manufacture and about 50 to 80 percent total moisture content based on the total weight of said solids and water, and the total moisture content of said blended composition being about 20 to 50%.
An essentially solid, flowable, blended composition comprising (a) about 40 to 80% of one or more materials selected from the group consisting of soybean hulls, rice hulls and peanut hulls, and (b) about 20 to 60% of waste products from the manufacture of fried potato or grain-derived chips, said waste products containing about 50 to b 80% total moisture content and including undissolved solids selected from the group consisting of corn solids of grain steeping liquor, comminuted or slivered potatoes, and sweepings from the manufacture of fried potato or grain-derived chips, the total moisture content of said blended composition being about 20 to 50%.
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