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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. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bob J. Dull, O'Fallon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing a reduced water activity legume, with the legume produced according to the present method having a hydration level ranging between about 20% and about 65% total moisture, a water activity ranging between about 0.50 and about 1.0, and an amount of humectant equal to between about 0.1% and about 15% by weight of the legume. The method includes selecting an amount of hydrated legumes and mixing a humectant solution with the hydrated legumes.