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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2004
Henricus J. J. Van Der Meer, Assendelft, NL;
Paulus J. T. Bussmann, Apeldoorn, NL;
Rudy M. H. Heijmans, Westervoort, NL;
Jan C. Akkerman, Wageningen, NL;
Henricus J. J. van der Meer, Assendelft, NL;
Paulus J. T. Bussmann, Apeldoorn, NL;
Rudy M. H. Heijmans, Westervoort, NL;
Jan C. Akkerman, Wageningen, NL;
Abstract
A method for thermally treating a product in order to have the product obtain the desired product properties, comprising the following steps: (a) determining the water activity value which, for carrying out the thermal treatment, is required to have the product obtain the desired properties; (b) contacting the product with water vapor, at an increased temperature and an associated saturated vapor pressure (p*), while the temperature on the surface of the product is 80-260° C.; (c) setting a vapor pressure (p) in step (b) such that p/p* is equal to the water activity value determined in step (a); and (d) maintaining for a time duration (t) the process conditions mentioned in steps (b) and (c) for obtaining the product with the desired product properties.