Dry chip-like discs of provisions or fine foods and process for their production

US4305969A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Werner G. Munk · Ravensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 1979
• Grant date: Dec 15, 1981
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 1999

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23C2210/30
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Dry chip-like discs of provisions or fine foods and a process for producing such discs. Raw food materials containing builder materials and soluble ingredients are converted into an essentially homogeneous pulp, and are brought into a composition which, as regards taste, is ready to be consumed. This pulp, having a consistency from flowable to pasty, is shaped into discs having a thickness of from 1 to 10 mm and is carefully dried, thereby substantially maintaining the builder structure and the thickness of the layer of the disc. The discs so produced are suitable for immediate consumption without previous mixing with liquids, and are converted back into a pulp by saliva in the mouth, the presence of the discs in the mouth stimulating the production of saliva.