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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lorenzo Panattoni, Winterthur, CH;
Robert Gerald Odermatt, Frauenfeld, CH;
Jonas Peter Halden, Seuzach, CH;
Assignee:
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/16 ;
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a tridimensional pasta product by preparing a mixture of cereal flour or semolina and water; kneading the mixture to obtain a dough; injecting the dough into a mold having a tri-dimensional shape under conditions such that the dough undergoes substantially no expansion in the mold during injection; and removing the dough from the mold to provide an injection molded pasta product having the tri-dimensional shape. These molded tridimensional pasta products possess organoleptic properties which are superior to those of traditional pasta products.