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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:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jau Yann Hsu, Brookfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426557 ; 426451 ; 426506 ; 426508 ; 426521 ;
Abstract
Uncooked pasta is steamed to obtain a surface-gelatinised pasta which then is contacted with water to obtain a wet pasta, and the wet pasta is steamed to obtain a pasta product which is at least partially cooked. The pasta product may be refrigerated, or may be dried, or may be dried and mixed with water and sauce and then rotary retorted.