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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario P de Figueiredo, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Lawrence R York, Manchester, MO (US);
James L Long, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Assignee:
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426614 ; 426518 ; 426524 ;
Abstract
A cooked and frozen chopped egg product is disclosed which is suitable as a condiment for foodstuffs. The chopped egg product is produced by a process comprising; separately heating egg yolks and whites for a period of time effective to coagulate the yolks and whites to a firm texture followed by freezing of the coagulated yolks and whites. The frozen whites and yolks are chopped at a temperature of about 20.degree.-30.degree. F. to provide a chopped mixture having desirable color and texture without significant smearing of the yolks on the particles of egg whites.