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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1994
Mitsuo Naga, Hiroshima, JP;
Shuitsu Kirihara, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshinori Tokugawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Fumiaki Tsuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiaki Saito, Sakai, JP;
Motohiko Hirotsuka, Kaizuka, JP;
Fuji Oil Company, Limited, Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing an edible proteinaceous film entails kneading and melting a raw material containing water and protein with heating by an extruder, extruding the melted material through a die in an extruder to form a tubular extrudate, providing a gas at a pressure above atmospheric pressure to the interior of the tubular extrudate while exhausting the gas, and holding and receiving the tubular extrudate with a take-off means. An apparatus for use with the method affords edible films. The apparatus and process are particularly advantageous for forming edible films from various sources of soybean protein.