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Process for preparing almond paste

US4839193A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 1987
Grant dateJun 13, 1989
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B11/243
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for preparing almond paste from whole almonds in a continuous sequence of stages involving cooking-extrusion within a screw conveyor having a plurality of regions with threads of different pitch. The temperatures are controlled at each stage so as to effect not only physical transformations, but also to produce a Maillard reaction for a predetermined part of the process.

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