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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Arthur Lanner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David Shang-Jie Chang, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Yen-Ping Chin Hsieh, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426445 ; 426440 ; 426443 ; 426446 ; 426496 ; 426516 ; 426808 ; 426549 ; 426559 ; 426656 ; 426658 ; 426661 ;
Abstract
A process for making a shaped snack product having a light, crispy, crunchy texture. The process comprises the steps of extruding a dough mixture comprising a source of starch based flour, pregelled modified starch and emulsifier blend selected from the group consisting of diacetyl tartaric acid monoglyceride, mono- and diglyceride, polyglycerol esters and mixtures thereof, water, shortening or oil, and leavening, and then frying the snack piece.