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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Roberto Nardi, Rome, IT;
Sandro Panaioli, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Valerio Simeone, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Roberto Nardi, Rome, IT;
Sandro Panaioli, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Valerio Simeone, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the manufacture of frozen instant cooking pasta from elongated dried pasta products that substantially retains the pre-processing length of the dried pasta comprising the steps of: (i) dividing an elongated dried pasta products into one or more portions, each portion having a desired mass; (ii) loading each portion of pasta into one of a plurality of separate dosing devices; (iii) re-hydrating each portion of pasta within a dosing device; (iv) quenching the re-hydrated pasta resulting from step (iii); (v) freezing. Further embodiments are directed to the apparatus that is necessary for carrying out this process and the frozen product achieved.