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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1980
Arthur W Brooks, Dover, DE (US);
Richard B Stevenson, Englishtown, NJ (US);
Leonard Bell, Allston, MA (US);
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide an improved process for preparing a fully gelatinized rice. FIG. 1 shows an inclined enclosed chamber 10 wherein rice is cooked in hot water in a first zone at low end 12 and is steamed in a second zone at raised end 14. Locks 32 and 34 permit continuous pressure operation. The rice removed from lock 34 has a moisture content of 30 to 75% and its starch is substantially completely gelatinized. The cooked rice is preferably drived in conventional manner such as in drier 40. The invention enables the preparation of a high quality fully gelatinized rice with less energy consumption, less loss of product weight and decreased effluents in need of treatment than conventional processes.