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US 7,465,468 B1Granted
Frozen food product
AssigneeGood Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsPaul Edward Cheney, Andrew Russell
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AssigneeGood Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsPaul Edward Cheney, Andrew Russell
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A process for the manufacture of a frozen food product comprising antifreeze peptides, wherein the process comprises one or more of the following steps; (i) a (pre-) freezing) step which is a nucleation dominated freezing process; (ii) a (post-) compaction step using a screw extruder or a (piston) compactor; The invention aims at providing the food manufacturer with a greater flexibility for using antifreeze peptide material in frozen food products when aiming to obtain a product with improved recrystallization properties in combination with a good texture. In particular it has been found that the texture of frozen food products containing antifreeze peptides can markedly be improved by carefully controlling its production method.
A process for the manufacture of a frozen food product comprising AFPs, wherein the process comprises:
A free-flowing, particulate food product comprising anti-freeze peptide, which maintains its free-flowing nature during storage, obtainable by rapidly freezing the food product such that the food product reaches a temperature of −5° C. or lower within 30 seconds.
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