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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:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles R Mason, Yonkers, NY (US);
Dalip K Nayyar, Washingtonville, NY (US);
Edward C Coleman, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426321 ; 426438 ; 426441 ; 426637 ;
Abstract
Shelf-stable, intermediate-moisture potatoes are produced by blanching strips of raw potatoes in a heated infusion solution containing sugar and sodium chloride, draining and cooling the infused potato strips and drying the infused potato strips such that the strips have a water activity of below 0.85%. In one embodiment, blanching is performed by soaking the strips in an infusion solution from 1 to 3 minutes at a temperature of at least 200.degree. F. where the solution contains at least 5% sodium chloride and at least 12% sucrose.