Process for the production of flavoured pastas
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsThomas W. Hauser, Jurg Lechthaler
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Abstract
Dried pastas having a flavoring agent incorporated therein in an amount of at least 3% by weight are prepared by first mixing a ground starchy product, a starch, an emulsifier, a gelling agent, a flavoring agent, and softened water. The mixture then is extrusion-cooked and extruded to provide an extrusion-cooked, shaped pasta. The cooked, shaped pasta is contacted with an aqueous calcium solution and then dried.
Claims13
A process for preparing a flavoured pasta comprising mixing a ground starchy product, a starch, an emulsifier, a gelling agent, a flavouring agent and softened water to prepare a mixture, extrusion cooking and extruding the mixture to prepare an extrusion-cooked, shaped pasta, contacting the cooked, shaped pasta with an aqueous calcium solution to obtain a calcium-treated pasta and drying the treated pasta to obtain a dried pasta, wherein the flavouring agent is mixed into the mixture in an amount so that the dried pasta contains the flavouring agent in an amount of at least 3% by weight.
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