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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1991
House Food Industrial Co., Ltd., Higashi-Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method for preparing a puff snack comprises the steps of puffing an ingredient essentially consisting of a bean which may or may not have the husk and having a water content of 9 to 20% in an extruder at a die temperature ranging from 90.degree. to 150.degree. C. for the ingredient having a water content of 9 to 11%, 100.degree. to 210.degree. C. for the ingredient having a water content of more than 11% and not more than 15% or 160.degree. to 240.degree. C. for the ingredient having a water content of more than 15% and not more than 20% so that the degree of puffing falls within the range of from 3.0 to 28.0 times the volume of the bean to give a puffed product having a water content of not more than 7% by weight after drying or without carrying out drying and then applying fat and oil to the resulting puffed product. The method makes it possible to provide puff snacks having a satisfactory taste peculiar to bean ingredients and a heavy taste with sufficient toughness, being easily mixed with the saliva in the mouth and leaving a pleasant aftertaste.