The Procter Gamble Company

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.

Stephen Paul Zimmerman

Paul Seiden

Jada Dawn Reed

Maria Dolores Martinez-Serna Villagran

Maria Dolores Villagran

Lee Michael Teras

S Michelle Brower

Yen-Ping Chin Hsieh

Gerald C McDonald

John Russell Herring

John Keeney Howie

David Arthur Lanner

Jerry Douglas Young

Peter Yau Tak Lin

David Vincent Zyzak

Marko Stojanovic

Martin A Mishkin

Nancy Coultrip Dawes

Robert Alan Sanders

Lori J Toman

Yen C Hsieh

Richard Gerald Schafermeyer

Kenneth D Byars

Russell William Groves

Robert A Farrell

John H Baer

Mark Joseph Fiteny

Charles Edward Jones

Robrt Alan Sanders

A method for the reduction of acrylamide in corn-based food products, corn-based food products having reduced levels of acrylamide, and an article of commerce. In one aspect, the method comprises reducing the level of asparagine in a corn-based food material before final heating (e.g., cooking). In another aspect, the method comprises adding to a corn-based food material an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing the amide group of free asparagine. In yet another aspect, an article of commerce communicates to the consumer that a corn-based food product has reduced or low levels of acrylamide or asparagine.

Method for reducing acrylamide in corn-based foods, corn-based foods having reduced levels of acrylamide, and article of commerce

Uniformly shaped snack chips, preferably tortilla-type chips, having raised surface features and a method for preparing the same. The chips can be made from a dough composition comprising pre-cooked starch-based material and pregelatinized starch. Preferably, the snack chips have raised surface features comprising from about 12% to about 40% large surface features; from about 20% to about 40% medium surface features; and from about 25% to about 60% small surface features. In one embodiment, the average thickness of the snack chip is from about 1 mm to about 3 mm; the average thickness of raised surface features is from about 2.3 mm to about 3.2 mm; the maximum thickness of the chip is less than about 5.5 mm; and the coefficient of variation of the chip thickness is greater than about 15%.

Method for constrain-frying snack pieces having intact surface features

Process for making tortilla chips with controlled surface bubbling

Snacks made from dough composition comprising starch-based material, water, and an emulsifier-lipid composition. The emulsifier-lipid composition comprises a specific blend of (1) a monoglyceride component, (2) a polyglycerol ester component, and (3) a fat component. Use of the emulsifier-lipid composition in the dough provides textural and flavor advantages in the finished snack.

Low-fat snacks having improved eating qualities and dough compositions used to prepare low-fat fabricated snacks

Snacks made from dough compositions comprising starch-based material, water, and an emulsifier-lipid composition. The emulsifier-lipid composition comprises a specific blend of (1) a monoglyceride component, (2) a polyglycerol ester component, and (3) a fat component. Use of the emulsifier-lipid composition in the dough provides textural and flavor advantages in the finished snack.

An improved method of adding food-additive ingredients to a food product, particularly a reduced fat fried snack product, and an ingredient suspension containing a flowable edible, preferably a nondigestible fat, and food-additive ingredients. The method consists of suspending the encapsulated or powdered ingredients in the flowable edible fat, and applying the suspension in a controlled amount to the surface of a food product. The preferred food product is a fabricated reduced fat or fat-free potato chip which is a fried snack made by frying a dough in a nondigestible fat to a moisture content of less than 5%. The ingredient suspension is applied to the surface of the fried snack soon after emerging from the fryer. The food product has a light, crispy, improved crunchy texture, improved flavor and a fat content of from about 20% to about 38% nondigestible fat, and is fortified with food-additive ingredients.

Suspension for adding a controlled amount of ingredient to a food product

Low-fat fried snacks which have reduced waxiness, improved crispness, and improved mouthmelt are disclosed. The low-fat snacks are made from dough compositions comprising starch-based materials, water, and a unique emulsifier-lipid composition. The emulsifier-lipid composition comprises a specific blend of (1) a monoglyceride or mono-diglyceride component, (2) a polyglycerol ester component, and (3) a fat component. Use of the emulsifier-lipid composition in the dough provides textural and flavor advantages in the finished snack.

A process for preparing reduced fat shaped snack products having a light, crispy, crunchy texture is disclosed. A sheetable dough comprising:

Fried snack pieces and process for preparing

A process for preparing reduced fat shaped snack products having a light, crispy, crunchy texture is disclosed. A dough is formed:

Disclosed is the preparation of fruit and nut mixes with improved texture stability. Such mixes contain from about 15% to about 60% fruit and from about 40% to about 85% nuts wherein at least about 20% of the nuts are roasted and at least about 20% of the nuts have a crystalline sugar coating. The fruit for use in the mix has an initial water activity of from about 0.35 to about 0.70 and an initial moisture content of from about 7% to about 18% water. The roasted nuts for use in the mix have an initial water activity of from about 0.05 to about 0.40 and an initial moisture content of up to about 3% water. Once the fruit and nuts are combined, they are allowed to equilibrate in a moisture impervious environment to an equilibrium water activity of from about 0.35 to about 0.58 and a percent moisture to equilibrium water activity ratio of the fruit of from about 17:1 to about 32:1.

Preparation of fruit and nut mixes with improved texture and texture

Disclosed is a process for making from dough a reduced-fat fried snack which has a more expanded, lighter structure than conventional fried snacks. A dough is formed which contains from 50% to 70% flour (preferably potato flour), at least 3% hydrolyzed starches, from 1% to 10% calcium carbonate, and a relatively low level of added water (20% to 40%). The dough is formed into a sheet from which snack pieces are cut and fried. The fried snack pieces contain only 18% to 38% fat. The fried snack pieces are from 1% to 14% larger by volume as compared to conventional fried snack pieces of equal weight.

Process for making reduced-fat fried snacks with lighter, more expanded

Reduced calorie french fries and other high moisture fat-coated foods having less greasiness are disclosed. Such products are typically obtained by applying to the surface of the french fry, or other food, reduced calorie fat compositions having particular fluid viscosity characteristics that correlate to reduced greasiness impressions. These reduced calorie fat compositions comprise a nondigestible fat, and optionally, a triglyceride fat or oil. The nondigestible fat in general comprises a liquid nondigestible oil and a sufficient amount of a nondigestible solid polyol polyester to control passive oil loss typically associated with the ingestion of liquid nondigestible oils.

Low greasiness french fries and methods for preparing same

Reduced calorie, low moisture fat-containing foods such as potato chips having less waxiness and improved flavor display are disclosed. These benefits are typically obtained by applying to the surface of the potato chip, or other food, fat compositions having certain thixotropic areas that correlate to reduced waxiness impressions. These fat compositions comprise a nondigestible fat component, and optionally a digestible triglyceride fat or oil. The nondigestible fat component comprises a nondigestible oil and certain solid polyol fatty acid polyesters having ester groups consisting essentially of long chain (C.sub.14 or higher) saturated fatty acid radicals that bind such liquid oils and thus control or prevent passive oil loss.

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Wyoming, OH, United States of America

Stephen Paul Zimmerman