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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Ashish Anand, Plano, TX (US);
Brian Peter Jacoby, Dallas, TX (US);
Dimitris Lykomitros, Athens, GR;
Vamshidhar Puppala, McKinney, TX (US);
V. N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US);
Ashish Anand, Plano, TX (US);
Brian Peter Jacoby, Dallas, TX (US);
Dimitris Lykomitros, Athens, GR;
Vamshidhar Puppala, McKinney, TX (US);
V. N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US);
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses formulations for vacuum baked fruit and vegetable snack pieces that have a crispy, crunchy texture similar to potato chip, corn based wafers, and other popular snack items. A fruit or vegetable base is combined with other ingredients and water to make a slurry, which is sheeted and dried in a vacuum belt dryer, and separated into snack sized pieces. In one embodiment, substantial amounts of solid inclusions are combined with the slurry before drying.