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Expandable food products and methods of preparing same

US6319534A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2000
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23L7/135
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is an expandable half-product comprising a starchy farinaceous material, wherein the starch molecules of the farinaceous material are unidirectionally aligned and form a matrix of randomly aligned starch molecules upon exposure to microwave radiation to form a puffed half-product having at least twice the dimensions of the unmicrowaved half-product. Methods of preparing the products are also disclosed.

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