Process for the preparation of a food product

US5413800A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Unilever Patent Holdings B.V. · NL

Inventors

• James M. Bell · Mississauga, CA
• Robert D. Jones · Pearland, US
• Hans Georg Graber · Aachen, DE
• Klaus B. Vollinger · Lindau (Bodensee), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 1993
• Grant date: May 9, 1995
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23P20/11
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel process for the preparation of food products comprising rapid total surface heating via high intensity short wave infra-red. A variety of food products can benefit from such a preparation, for example coated products, meat products and vegetables which are heat treated before packaging in order to seal the product and produce a crisp outer layer, those products are then further heated/cooked by the consumer before consumption.