Enhancing puffable food products and for production thereof
AssigneesWynn Starr Flavors, Inc., Morii Foods Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuaki Morii, Kiyoshi Morii, Simpey Kuramoto, Roland Abate
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Abstract
Methods for preparing a puffable food product suitable for cooking by microwaving, deep fat frying and hot air cooking are disclosed. The methods include mixing a starch with water at a temperature and for a time sufficient to at least partially gelatinize the starch, forming the mixture into a sheet and subjecting the sheet to a steam treatment to fully gelatinize the starch. The sheet is then cooled and cut into pellets of a desired shape and the pellets are dried. The inclusion of flavoring ingredients to improve the puffability is also disclosed.
Claims15
A method for preparing a puffable food product comprising:
- (a) mixing a gelatinizable starch with water at a temperature and for a time sufficient to at least partially gelatinize the starch;
- (b) forming a mixture from step (a) into a sheet and subjecting the sheet to a steam treatment to completely gelatinize the starch;
- (c) shaping the sheet from step (b) into pellets;
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- (d) drying the pellets to a moisture content in the range of from about 7.5% to about 19% by weight of the pellets.
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