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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norbert Gimmler, Ringwood, NJ (US);
Joseph A Szwerc, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Juan A Menjivar, Denville, NJ (US);
Craig E Rethwill, Morris Twp., NJ (US);
John M Kaiser, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Nabisco, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426549 ; 426439 ; 426441 ; 426523 ; 426560 ;
Abstract
Mass corn--based products, e.g., tortilla chips and taco shells, are produced by admixing and heating a coarse ground corn component with water and lime to hydrate the coarse corn component at a temperature below the gelatinization temperature of corn starch, admixing the hydrated coarse corn component with a fine ground starchy component, heating the mixture to form a dough, forming the dough into pieces and baking and/or flying the pieces.