Dual-stage, highly seasoned snack chip products and method of making
AssigneeRecot, Inc.
InventorDonald Vaughn Neel
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Abstract
Dual-stage seasoned snack chips are prepared by providing a base snack chip, applying an oleaginous coating to the base chip and then adhering a dry seasoning material to the oleaginous coating. The oleaginous coating serves as a binder and adhesive for the dry seasoning material, as well as a source of flavor and other hedonistic properties such as “mouthfeel.” The oil content of the base chip is pre-selected. The presence of two types of seasoning materials on a base chip having a pre-selected oil content results in a snack chip that provides intense flavor characteristics, excellent seasoning adhesion and a total oil content within a desirable range.
Claims25
A method for producing a highly seasoned snack chip having a desirable, pre-selected total oil content, comprising:
- (a) providing a base snack chip having a pre-determined oil content;
- (b) applying an oleaginous composition to the base chip to thereby produce an oil-coated base chip, said oleaginous composition comprising a seasoning material;
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- (c) adhering a dry seasoning material to the oil coated base chip to thereby produce a highly seasoned snack chip;
- wherein the pre-determined oil content of said base snack chip is selected so as to inhibit absorption of oil by said base snack chip from said oleaginous composition, and wherein the highly seasoned snack chip has a total oil content of about 36% or less.
A highly seasoned snack chip comprising a base chip having an oil content between about 22% and 30% by weight;
- an oleaginous coating disposed upon the base chip, said oleaginous coating comprising a seasoning material;
- and a dry seasoning adhered to the oleaginous coating, wherein the total oil content of the highly seasoned snack chip is about 36% by weight or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.