Preparation of puffed fruit

US4055675A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Karel Popper · Danville, US
• William G. Schultz · Nashua, US
• Wayne M. Camirand · Albany, US
• Earl Hautala · Richmond, US
• George H. Robertson · Loveland, US
• Ladell Crawford · Richmond, US
• Bernard J. Finkle · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 13, 1976
• Grant date: Oct 25, 1977
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23P30/32
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Bite-size pieces of fruit are prepared by a process wherein the fruit is partially dehydrated, puffed, and then heated to obtain a crisp outer surface thereon. The fruit is puffed by immersing it in a pool of liquid carbon dioxide under pressure and then rapidly releasing the pressure.