Extrusion and agglomeration process for fiber containing food ingredient
AssigneeInternational Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
InventorsWen C. Lou, Chee-Teck Tan, Lewis G. Scharpf, Jr., Joseph Panarisi
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Abstract
A process is disclosed for preparing a substantially dry edible flavor fiber product by admixing water, a powdered flavor, a binder and fiber together and extruding the resulting mixture. The process can be carried out by first admixing a powdered flavor material with a fiber to form a flavor-fiber and mixture, then the flavor-fiber mixture is introduced into an extruder where water is simultaneously introduced and the resulting composition, containing water, fiber and flavor is extruded to form a product. The flavor fiber product can be an instant beverage, such as chocolate.
Claims2
The process for preparing a substantially dry, readily dispersible, granular flavor-fiber edible product for use in making an instant beverage consisting of:
- (i) admixing a powdered flavor material with oat fiber and maltodextrin to form a blended powder-fiber mixture;
- (ii) adding the powder-fiber mixture to an extruder;
- (iii) adding sufficient water to said extruder simultaneously with the addition of the powder-fiber mixture to thereby form an extrudable mixture;
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- (iv) extruding said extrudable mixture at no greater than 85.degree. C. to form a substantially dry product, in the form of strands, cutting the strands with a knife,
- (v) and thereafter milling said product to increase the surface area per unit weight of said granular product and to produce a free-flowing granular product that is dry to the touch, whereby said product has a particle size greater than 90% through U.S. screen number 10 and on number 30, 5% through U.S. screen number 30 and 3-5% on screen number 10.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.