Pasty mass of a processed tuber and an edible outer cover and method for making the same
AssigneeNakamuraya Co., Ltd.
InventorsMikio Ishii, Kazunobu Iiyama, Tomoyoshi Yazaki
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Abstract
Foods comprising a pasty mass of a processed tuber such as potato or sweet potato with or without a filling therein, and an outer cover made of an edible milk protein-containing material are disclosed. A method for making the covered food is also disclosed in which an edible milk protein-containing material in the form of a solution, suspension or powder is applied onto a pasty mass of a processed tuber, and is dried or heated to form a continuous, tenacious film on the entire surface of the mass.
Claims20
A food product which comprises a pasty mass of a processed tuber of a desired form, and a continuous, tenacious, thin edible film consisting essentially of a milk protein-containing material covering the entirety of the pasty mass.
A method for making a food product which comprises the steps of applying an edible film-forming material consisting essentially of milk protein-containing material onto a pasty mass of a desired form made of a processed tuber, and drying or heating the applied material to thereby completely cover the pasty mass with a continuous, tenacious film of said edible film-forming material.
A method for making a food product which comprises the steps of processing a tuber to form a moist pasty mass, forming a selected quantity of said pasty mass into a shaped mass, applying an edible film-forming material consisting essentially of a milk protein-containing material onto the outer surface of the shaped mass so as to substantially cover the entirety of the shaped mass, and then heating the shaped mass to cause the protein-containing material to form a thin edible film covering the entirety of the shaped mass.
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