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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1987
Thomas M Roush, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Charles T Stocker, Augusta, MI (US);
General Foods Corporation, White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and process for preparing different varieties of ready-to-eat cereal products utilizing substantially the same process comprising: an extruder and a hollow attachment connected at the discharge end of the extruder, said attachment being of sufficient area and length to sufficiently completely cook the food product in an enclosed environment; the food product being a farinaceous material which is fed to the extruder where it is mixed with sufficient moisture to form a dough and extruded for a time and at a temperature and pressure effective to commence the cooking process and wherein the heated dough passes into the hollow attachment connected at the discharge end of the extruder where the cooking is completed. The cooked dough exiting the extruder is cooled, shaped in its desired form and toasted to its desired final moisture content.