Frito-lay North America, Inc.

Urschel Laboratories Incorporated

John Poole Hildebrand

Keith Alan Barber

Enrique Michel

Deborah Fischer

Michael Scot Jacko

Daniel Wade King

King Daniel Wade Wade

Jacko Micheal Scot Scot

Barber Keith Alan Alan

An apparatus for slicing food product to produce food product slices. The apparatus includes a rotatable cutting wheel having two or more knife assemblies. Each knife assembly includes a knife extending radially between a hub and rim of the cutting wheel. The knife has a leading edge facing a direction of rotation of the cutting wheel and a large-amplitude corrugated shape characterized by peaks and valleys. The knife is secured to the hub and rim with a knife holder, and a clamp secures the knife to a first surface of the knife holder. The knife holder and knife are configured to provide continuous and accurate alignment of an individual food product throughout the slicing thereof by the knife of each knife assembly to produce food product slices with a generally parallel-cut cross-section having a uniform thickness and a large-amplitude periodic shape with an amplitude of 0.1 inch or greater.

Apparatuses for cutting food products

Apparatuses for cutting food product are provided having a cutting head. The cutting head includes one or more knife assemblies. Each knife assembly includes a knife extending toward the food product and is adapter to secure the knife to the cutting head. The knife has a corrugated shape to produce a food product slice with generally parallel cuts wherein the food product slice has a periodic shape and a large-amplitude cross-section.

A high-amplitude corrugated food product and method of making same. The corrugated food product comprises a corrugated surface on opposing surfaces, each surface having a plurality of peaks with substantially equal amplitude values of at least about 2.54 mm. The corrugated food product further comprises a high area moment of inertia of between about 20&#xd7;10mto about 160&#xd7;10mwith a dehydration factor of less than about 1.7, which provides for less breakage and more texture. The corrugated food product has a 90&#xb0;-to-0&#xb0; hardness ratio of at least about 2.78 and a 90&#xb0;-to-0&#xb0; and a crispiness ratio of at least about 3.14.

High amplitude corrugated food product

Snack food product

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Flower Mound, TX, United States of America

John Poole Hildebrand