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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Ashish Anand, Plano, TX (US);
Lewis Conrad Keller, McKinney, TX (US);
V. N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ashish Anand, Plano, TX (US);
Lewis Conrad Keller, McKinney, TX (US);
V. N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23P 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for making a direct expanded snack piece shaped like a peanut is disclosed. Ingredients comprising peanut flour, ground corn product, rice flour and oat flour are introduced into an extruder. The ingredients are hydrated and extruded through an orifice adapted to produce a puffed snack piece shaped like a peanut and cut into puffed snacks. The puffed snacks are dried and seasoned.