Frito-lay North America, Inc.

Tropicana Products, Inc.

Jung H Han

Teodoro Rivera

Thomas Anthony Trezza

Jun Yang

Sola Lamikanra

Laixin Wang

Daniel Vera Nunez

Dimitrios Lykomitros

Joanna Campbell

Ray McGarvey

Cynthia M Stewart

Processing and use of whole fruits and vegetables or side-stream ingredients of juice extraction, paste, or ketchup process, or canning industry, in particular, the processing of the by-products, including pomace, and its use in beverage and food products.

Processing of whole fruits and vegetables, processing of side-stream ingredients of fruits and vegetables, and use of the processed fruits and vegetables in beverage and food products

A method of producing expanded nuts, the method comprising the steps of: (a) immersing a plurality of nut kernels in an aqueous liquid thereby hydrating at least a portion of each kernel; and (b) gun puffing the hydrated kernels causing at least one of expansion and blistering of at least an outer surface of the nut kernels. There is also disclosed a method of method of producing expanded nuts, the method comprising the steps of: (a) immersing a plurality of nut kernels in an aqueous liquid at a pressure of at least 100 MPa thereby hydrating at least a portion of each kernel; and (b) dehydrating the hydrated kernels causing at least one of expansion and blistering of at least an outer surface of the nut kernels.

Production of expanded nuts

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Frisco, TX, United States of America

Jung H Han