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.
Claims17
A bean product comprising homogenized comminuted beans in a stable aqueous liquid dispersion of emulsifier and water, in admixture with cooked beans formed into desired shapes and dried into a product suitable for use as dehydrated refried beans, in which the total emulsifier content of said dehydrated refried bean product is at least 0.1 wt %.
A method for making a bean-based oil substitute comprising the steps of
- (a) making an aqueous liquid dispersion of comminuted beans in a stable flowable form,
- (b) homogenizing said aqueous dispersion, and
- (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 said bean-based oil substitute.
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