Nutritionally balanced protein snack food prepared from legume seeds

US4124727A · kind A · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Louis B. Rockland · Moraga, US
• Thomas Radke · San Pablo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 1977
• Grant date: Nov 7, 1978
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L11/05
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel food products are prepared from legume seeds by (a) treating the seeds to render them quick-cooking, (b) cooking the seeds and mashing them, (c) combining the cooked and mashed seeds with methionine-containing ingredients such as cereal grain flours, oil seeds, oil seed flours, and the like, (d) adding water to the mixture to form a dough, (e) extruding the dough into sheets, (f) cutting the sheets into pieces, and (g) frying the pieces in edible oil.