PLANTAIN FOOD PRODUCT AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING PLANTAIN FOOD PRODUCT
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1. A method of producing a cookable plantain food product comprising the steps of:
- mashing plantain in order to produce a plantain mash;
removing liquid from the plantain mash to produce a drier plantain mash and a removed liquid;
separating a starch portion from the removed liquid to produce a plantain liquid supernatant; and
returning the plantain liquid supernatant to the drier plantain mash to prepare an enhanced plantain mash usable to produce a cookable plantain food product.
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Abstract
The invention comprises various embodiments of processes by which cookable food product may be prepared and the consumable product that may be made through the uses of those processes. Advantageously, a food product may be made through the processes that is lower starch and more nutritious than food product made through conventional food processes. The system and methods may be used to make a cookable food product and a consumable food product from plantain or another type of starchy fruit or vegetable.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of producing a cookable plantain food product comprising the steps of:
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mashing plantain in order to produce a plantain mash; removing liquid from the plantain mash to produce a drier plantain mash and a removed liquid; separating a starch portion from the removed liquid to produce a plantain liquid supernatant; and returning the plantain liquid supernatant to the drier plantain mash to prepare an enhanced plantain mash usable to produce a cookable plantain food product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of preparing a consumable plantain food product comprising steps of:
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mashing plantain to which liquid is introduced to produce mashed plantain; removing liquid from the mashed plantain to produce drier mashed plantain and a removed liquid; separating starch from the removed liquid to produce a low starch liquid supernatant; returning the low starch liquid supernatant to the drier mashed plantain to produce a cookable plantain food product; shaping the cookable plantain food product to produce a shaped cookable plantain food product; and cooking the shaped cookable plantain food product to produce the consumable plantain food product. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of producing a cookable food product comprising the steps of:
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mashing a starchy vegetable in order to produce a mash, the starchy vegetable selected from corn, yams, cocoa yams, African sweet potatoes, rice, cow peas, black eye peas, red beans, bananas, chick peas, potatoes, and cassava; removing liquid from the mash to produce a drier mash and a removed liquid; separating a starch portion from the removed liquid to produce a liquid supernatant; and returning the liquid supernatant to the drier mash to prepare an enhanced mash usable to produce a cookable food product.
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