Process for producing a simulated nutmeat

申请号 US3719497D 申请日 1970-06-15 公开(公告)号 US3719497A 公开(公告)日 1973-03-06
申请人 PILLSBURY CO; 发明人 KOLOSKY J; GALLE E; MIKKELSON M;
摘要 SIMULATED NUTMEAT PRODUCTS ARE PREPARED BY FORMING A HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSION COMPOSED OF MINUTE DROPLETS OF FAT OF OIL SUSPENDED IN A CONTINUOUS PHASE COMPOSED OF A HYDROPBILIC FILM-FORMER SUCH AS AN AQUEOUS PROTEIN SUSPENSION. THE DISPERSION IS ATOMIZED AND DRIED TO PROVIDE PARTICLES COMPOSED OF AN LOEAGINOUS INTERNAL PHASE ENCAPSULATED WITHIN THE PROTEIN FILM. THE PARTICLES ARE PLACED IN A PRESS ANS SUBJECTED TO SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO CAUSE THE PARTICLES OF BECOME BONDED TOGETHER AT THEIR POINTS OF CONTACT AND TO EXCLUDE MOST OF THE AIR TO FORM A SELF-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING THE SHAPE OF NATURAL NUTMEAT PREFERABLY. THESE PIECES ARE THEN UNIFIED BY EXPOSURE TO MOISTUE VAPOR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO INCREASE THE MOISTURE LEVEL BY BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND 30 PERCENT (TYPICALLY ABOUT 10 TO 15 PERCENT). THE PIECES ARE THERAFTER DRIED IN AIR TO BRING THE FINAL MOISTURE CONTENT TO BETWEEN 1 AND 3.5 PERCENT.
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