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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
May. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426557 ; 426451 ; 426503 ;
Abstract
Reduction of frying oil uptake is effected when preparing instant fried noodles by aggregating a plurality of gelatinized noodle dough strips to form a cake mass, subjecting the cake to heat to reduce its moisture content to an amount in a range of from at least about 10% and less than 30% by weight, frying the partially-dried cake in a mass of an edible oil and separating the fried cake from the frying oil mass. In another aspect of the invention, oil uptake reduction is effected by employing a dough having a protein content of from about 8% to about 13% by weight and/or containing an added proteinaceous substance ingredient, such as gluten, and/or containing maltodextrin as an ingredient.