Process for producing shaped potato products
AssigneeBestfoods
InventorsThomas Bosch, Hans Pfeilstetter, Peter Detje, Oliver Lung
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Abstract
A process for producing shaped large-piece dried potato products, in which raw potatoes are peeled, cut to a particle size of 0.6 to 2 mm in one dimension and then blanched. Surface water is removed and the particles are then covered with a coating. The coated particles are shaped to form the desired product shape. The shaped product is then dried to a water content below 12% by convection drying at temperatures below 110° C. In a further aspect of the present invention, raw potatoes may first be cut to a particle size larger than finally desired, blanched, cooled, and subsequently cut into the finally desired smaller particle size.
Claims21
A process for producing a shaped large-piece dried rehydratable potato product, consisting essentially of:
- peeling raw potatoes,
- cutting said peeled potatoes to a particle size of 0.6 to 2 mm in one dimension to form potato particles,
- blanching said potato particles,
- removing surface water covering said blanched potato particles,
- covering said potato particles with a coating to form coated particles,
- shaping said coated particles to form a desired large-piece potato product shape,
- drying said shaped large-piece potato product to a water content below 12% by convection drying at temperatures below 110° C.,and
- rehydrating said large-piece potato product prior to consumption.
A process for producing a shaped large-piece dried rehydratable potato product, consisting essentially of:
- peeling raw potatoes,
- cutting said peeled potatoes to a particle size larger than finally desired,
- blanching said larger potato particles,
- removing surface water covering said blanched larger potato particles,
- cooling said blanched larger potato particles,
- cutting said cooled larger potato particles into finally desired smaller potato particle sizes of 0.6 to 2 mm cross-section,
- covering said smaller potato particles with a coating to form coated particles,
- shaping said coated particles to form a desired large-piece potato product shape,
- drying said shaped large-piece potato product to a water content below 12% by convection drying at temperatures below 110° C., and
- rehydrating said large-piece potato product prior to consumption.
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