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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
May. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rita M Delrue, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Phillip Lawrence Fischer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert M Tineri, Greenville, MS (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426511 ; 426519 ; 426521 ; 426634 ;
Abstract
A particulate food product is indirectly heated to at least about 170.degree. after steam is directly injected onto the particulate food product to provide a moist environment and surface moisture on the particulate food product. The indirect heating is continued for a time and temperature to reduce the microbial contamination of the particulate cereal and/or legume products by an amount of at least log 2 without the loss of the functional properties.