Olam West Coast, Inc.

Conagra Foods Food Ingredients Company, Inc.

Gilroy Foods

Wade H Swanson

Abizer Moiz Khairullah

Ingrid A Montgomery

Forrest W Griesbaum

The present invention relates to a method for producing frozen and dehydro-frozen vegetables and fruits, wherein the method includes the method of cryogenically freezing the fruits or vegetables.

Method for production of frozen vegetables or fruits

A method for preparing roasted vegetables includes drying a vegetable to reduce the moisture level from 10% to 65% from the starting moisture level of the vegetable. The method for preparing roasted vegetables further includes roasting the vegetable for between about 0.25 seconds to about 15 seconds.

Method for dehydro-roasting

The present invention relates to a method for roasting vegetables and fruit, and the resultant roasted food product. In particular, the present method partially dehydrates the vegetable or fruit followed by roasting the dehydrated product, to produce a dehydro-roasted food product.

The present invention relates to a method for saut&eacute;ing vegetables, wherein the method includes contacting the vegetables with a saut&eacute;ing agent, followed by contact with heated air. The present invention also relates to the resultant saut&eacute;ed vegetable product.

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Modesto, CA, United States of America

Wade H Swanson