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Enhancing puffable food products and for production thereof

  • US 6,645,541 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2001
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. 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; and

    (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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