Process and apparatus for the production of short cooking time rice

US8093537B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• LINN HIGH THERM GMBH · DE
• Alfoldi Malomipari RT.

Inventors

• Horst Linn · Eschenfelden, DE
• Andras Vass · Veszprém, HU
• Ivanne Pallai · Budapest, HU
• Gyula Fazekas · Dévaványa, HU
• Janos Kovacs · North Andover, US
• Istvan Edes

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 24, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P60/80
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of short cooking time rice is characterized by that hulled rice of at least 10% moisture content, if required in packaging suitable for ready cooking, is heat treated for 1 to 30 minutes continuously or interrupted by equal or alternating capacity microwave radiation, to reach maximum 130° C. An apparatus for the production of short cooking time rice has a microwave furnace with a tunnel made from a suitable material, wherein the rice packed into packages is movable within the tunnel by a conveyor. Regarding the easy and short process, a remarkable energy saving is possible.