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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Mampra Mathew, Plano, TX (US);
Richard Edward Dunham, Plano, TX (US);
Rocco Dominic Papalia, Plano, TX (US);
William Richard Dyer, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Recot, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ; A23B / ; A23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426446 ; 426560 ; 426559 ; 426502 ; 426503 ;
Abstract
A hollow snack food product is prepared by finish cooking a hollow pellet product. The hollow pellet is manufactured from a pre-cooked, predominantly corn-masa based dough which contains sufficient vital wheat gluten to allow the pellet to open up and assume the desired hollow structure upon cutting. The pellets are prepared by overlaying dough sheets, stretching the dough sheets to impart strain thereto, and then cutting individual pieces from the stretched sheets.