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US 6,261,625 B1Granted
Stabilization of microwave heated foods
AssigneeNovus Foods Limited
InventorKeith Pickford
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Abstract
A microwave cookable or reheatable food material including a substrate foodstuff impregnated with a stabilizer composition adapted to increase in viscosity when irradiated in a microwave oven, and a method of stabilising a microwave cookable or reheatable food material including the step of impregnating the product with the stabilizer composition.
Claims7
A microwave cookable or reheatable food material comprising a substrate foodstuff impregnated with a stabilizer composition, comprising:
- cellulose gum 4-20% modified starch 12-28% polydextrose 42-58% xanthan gum 1-7% egg albumen 4-20%
- with the proviso that the amounts of ingredients are selected to give a total of 100%;
- the composition being adapted to increase in viscosity when irradiated in a microwave oven.
A method as claimed in 6, including the steps of coating the product with the stabilizer composition, placing the product in a container;
- reducing the ambient pressure in the container to form a partial vacuum;
- and releasing the vacuum to cause the composition to penetrate interstices of the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.