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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Sandro Panaioli, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Carlo Rotunno, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Valerio Simeone, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Inventors:
Sandro Panaioli, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Carlo Rotunno, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Valerio Simeone, Cisterna di Latina, IT;
Assignee:
Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for blanching vegetable material comprising heat treating the vegetable material in a current of hot air at a temperature in the range from above 100° C. to 150° C. in an environment which substantially reduces evaporative loss of water from the vegetable material.