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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1998
Kern L Cooper, Pocatello, ID (US);
Mark Call, Blackfoot, ID (US);
Warren Simon, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Susan Linscott, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Basic American, Inc., Blackfoot, ID (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a quick-reconstituting foodstuff including thawing previously frozen foodstuff under conditions to result in thawed foodstuff, freezing said thawed foodstuff to result in a multiply frozen foodstuff, subsequently thawing multiply frozen foodstuff under conditions to result in a multiply frozen and thawed foodstuff; and removing moisture from multiply frozen and thawed foodstuff under conditions to produce a finish-dried foodstuff having a storage stable moisture content of less than about 12% by total weight and exhibiting a Rehydration Ratio representing the replacement of at least 95% of previously removed moisture after reconstitution for less than about 10 minutes in simmering 205.degree. F. water.