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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:
Mar. 14, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan L Furcsik, Lake Station, IN (US);
Carol A Stankus, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert B Friedman, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Maize-Products Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426549 ; 426451 ; 426557 ; 426578 ;
Abstract
An improved pasta product is made by incorporating an aedu starch, a duh starch or a mixture thereof in an amount of about 5% to about 50% by weight of farinaceous material. The pasta has improved texture and works well in retort, frozen foods, microwave foods and food service applications. The use of aedu starch and duh starch to improve the texture is also applicable to tortillas.