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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Vista Innovation, Llc, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Lonergan, Medina, MN (US);
Robert J. Lewis, Festus, MO (US);
Assignee:
Vista Innovation, LLC, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/00 (2006.01); A23L 1/36 (2006.01); A23L 1/05 (2006.01); A23F 5/14 (2006.01); A23K 1/00 (2006.01); A23L 1/212 (2006.01); A23B 4/06 (2006.01); A23L 1/20 (2006.01); A23L 1/201 (2006.01); A23L 1/30 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/201 (2013.01); A01H 5/10 (2013.01); A23L 1/2001 (2013.01); A23L 1/3002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A food product and method are provided. The food product includes a pulse having a total water content below that of a fully hydrated pulse and a chewier texture. It is formed from a dry pulse and is hydrated, but only partially, resulting in a total water content in the range of between about 0.25 grams water/gram dry matter and about 0.75 grams water per gram dry matter. The pulse is in an intact form and has not been fully hydrated after harvest.