Emulsified bean-based oil substitute
AssigneeBasic American, Inc.
InventorsPeter Dennis Jensen, Henry J. Camin, Paul William Gover, Dennis Salvatore Greco
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Abstract
A method for making a bean-based oil substitute comprising the steps of making an aqueous liquid dispersion of comminuted beans in a stable flowable form, homogenizing said aqueous dispersion, and mixing an emulsifier with said comminuted beans before, during or after homogenization, said homogenized aqueous dispersion including less than about 2% weight of added oil, and drying the dispersion. Also, the substitute made by the method and a dehydrated refried bean product made using the oil substitute.
Claims10
A method for making a product suitable for use as dehydrated refried beans comprising the steps of:
- (a) making an aqueous liquid dispersion of comminuted beans in a stable flowable form,
- (b) homogenizing said aqueous dispersion,
- (c) mixing an emulsifier with said comminuted beans before, during or after homogenization, said homogenized aqueous dispersion including less than about 2% weight of added oil to make a bean-based oil substitute,
- (d) mixing said oil substitute with cooked beans,
- (e) forming said mixture into desired shapes, and
- (f) drying said desired shapes into a product suitable for use as dehydrated refried beans.
A method of making dehydrated refried beans comprising:
- (a) making an aqueous liquid dispersion of comminuted beans in a stable flowable form,
- (b) homogenizing said aqueous dispersion,
- (c) mixing an emulsifier with said comminuted beans before, during or after homogenization, said homogenized aqueous dispersion including less than about 2% weight of added oil to make a bean-based oil substitute,
- (d) mixing said bean-based oil substitute with soaked beans,
- (e) cooking the mixture of step (d),
- (f) forming the cooked mixture of step (e) into pieces of a desired shape, and
- (g) drying the formed pieces of step (f) to make a dehydrated refried bean product.
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