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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Vincent Allen Elder, Carrollton, TX (US);
John Gregory Fulcher, Dallas, TX (US);
Henry Kin-hang Leung, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Allen Elder, Carrollton, TX (US);
John Gregory Fulcher, Dallas, TX (US);
Henry Kin-Hang Leung, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/155 (2006.01); A23J 3/34 (2006.01); A23L 1/217 (2006.01); A23L 3/3571 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process and apparatus for a method for reducing the amount of acrylamide in thermally processed foods. This invention permits the production of foods having significantly reduced levels of acrylamide. The method relies on interfering with an acrylamide formation pathway that begins with the amino acid asparagine.