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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:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicolaas J Verhoef, Maasland, NL;
Hendrik F Zock, Barendrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Thomas J. Lipton Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 94 ; 426302 ; 426439 ; 426440 ; 426446 ; 426496 ; 426497 ; 426549 ; 426560 ; 426589 ;
Abstract
Process for preparing a foodstuff product such as croutons, characterized in that pieces of dough are at least partially baked and thereby expanded, whereafter the expanded pieces of foodstuff obtained are possibly further reduced in size and subsequently provided with a thermosetting coating layer, which coating layer comprises a film-forming material. Preferably, the coated pieces of foodstuff are subjected to a heat treatment. Preferably, a film-forming material rich in protein is used.