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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23L 3/44 ; A23L 1/035 ; A23D 9/00 ; A23G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23L 3/44 ; A23L 1/035 ; A23D 9/00 ; A23G 1/00 ;
Abstract
There are described freeze-dried food products which have porous structure with fine texture than those obtained by conventional processes to give smooth melting in mouth and a process for preparing the freeze-dried food products. According to the process, raw materials for the food are made into a form of aqueous solution or paste, emulsified, made into semi-frozen state by cooling the emulsion, freeze-dried by further cooling in a mold, and then subjected to freeze-drying treatment.