Method for preparing dehydrated food products

US6599547B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Maria Dolores Martinez-Serna Villagran · Sharonville, US
• Srinivas Achanta · St. Bernard, US
• Eileen Marie Boyle · Cincinnati, US
• Jianjun Justin Li · Sharonville, US
• Donald Ray Patton · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L19/15
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for preparing dehydrated fruits, vegetables and tubers, particularly potato products. The steps of the method include: boiling the whole raw edible product or slices or pieces of the raw edible product for a time sufficient to partially cook the starch and soften the tissue of the edible product; comminuting the cooked product; and drying the comminuted product. The raw edible product is preferably unpeeled or partially peeled.The resulting dehydrated product: (1) retains more Vitamin C; (2) has a lighter color; (3) has a higher percent of free amylose; (4) has fewer broken cells; and (5) has fewer degradation products than a corresponding product produced by conventional methods.