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Extracts of vegetable materials

US4154864A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 1978
Grant dateMay 15, 1979
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Expiry dateMar 30, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23P10/25
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vegetable extract in the form of grains which dissolve instantaneously in water and which have a porous, continuous structure, a smooth surface and an apparent density of from 50 to 300 g/l. A process for the production of a vegetable extract as described above, which comprises extruding a vegetable extract in powder or paste form into a chamber where a subatmospheric pressure prevails, and cutting the extruded product into fragments.

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