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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederick Maynard Merritt, II, Lockport, IL (US);
Assignee:
Viskase Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426277 ; 264186 ; 264218 ; 426105 ; 426138 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a food product encased in a water insoluble film of glucomannan and a method for its manufacture. In the process an aqueous solution of glucomannan is cast onto the food product surface and then is deacetylated and coagulated in sire by contact with a saturated salt solution having either an acidic or basic pH. The coagulated solution is cured and dried in the presence of salt and subsequently washed and further dried to provide the water insoluble film.