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Reformed rice product
Assignee: Lever Brothers Co
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Filing: 1980-03-18
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Granted: 1982-04-20
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Expires: 2000-03-18
Abstract
Abstract A reformed rice product is made by extruding a dough through a low-pressure, pasta-type extruder to form simulated rice grains which are then dried at a temperature of up to 150° C. to a final moisture content not exceeding 15% of the product. The dough is made by adding water to a dry composition comprising a mixture of pregelatinized and ungelatinized flour, sodium chloride and fat in powder form.
Inventors
- 👤 Alastair D. Harrow
- 👤 John W. Martin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:49
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/143
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
80 words
A dry composition for use in the production of a reformed rice product, which comprises: (a) a mixture of pregelatinised and ungelatinised flour in which the proportion of the pregelatinised flour is from 30% to 70% by weight of the mixture and in which the flour is at least partly rice flour, (b) at least 3.0% sodium chloride by weight of the composition, and (c) an amount up to 10% of fat in powder form by weight of the composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
80 words
A dry composition for use in the production of a reformed rice product, which comprises: (a) a mixture of pregelatinised and ungelatinised flour in which the proportion of the pregelatinised flour is from 30% to 70% by weight of the mixture and in which the flour is at least partly rice flour, (b) at least 3.0% sodium chloride by weight of the composition, and (c) an amount up to 10% of fat in powder form by weight of the composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 1, in which the flour comprises a major proportion of rice flour.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composition according to claim 1 in which the amount of sodium chloride is from 4% to 12% by weight of the composition.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to claim 1 which additionally comprises from 1% to 3% by weight of a puffing aid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 1, in which the fat in powder form is a spray-dried fat.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composition according to claim 5, in which the amount of spray-dried fat is from 1% to 10% by weight of the composition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composition according to claim 6, in which the amount of the spray-dried fat is from 3% to 6% by weight of the composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A composition according to claim 1 in which the fat in powder form is present as whole egg or egg yolk powder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A composition according to claim 8, in which the amount of whole egg or egg yolk powder is from 1% to 7% by weight of the composition.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 1, which additionally comprises from 0.5% to 2% by weight of lecithin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
82 words
A process for producing a reformed rice product which comprises the steps of: (a) mixing the composition of claim 1 with a proportion of water sufficient to produce an extrudable dough containing 20% to 30% water by weight of the dough, (b) extruding the dough into a form so as to obtain simulated rice grainsand (c) drying the simulated rice grains at an elevated temperature up to 150° C., to a moisture content not exceeding 15% by weight of the dried product.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process according to claim 11, in which the dough is extruded through a die having generally elliptical apertures having a long axis length of from 4 mm to 8 mm and a short axis length of from 0.5 mm to 3 mm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
A process according to claim 11, in which the extruded dough is cut adjacent to the die face such that the cut thickness of the simulated rice grains is from 0.5 mm to 3 mm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
70 words
A process according to claim 11, in which the dough is extruded through a die having generally elliptical apertures having a long axis length of from 4 mm to 7 mm and a short axis length of from 1 mm to 1.6 mm and the extruded dough is cut adjacent to the die face such that the cut thickness of the simulated rice grains is not more than 1.6 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 11, in which the extruded dough is cut using a knife coated with a synthetic polymer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process according to claim 15, in which the synthetic polymer is polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 11 in which the simulated rice grains are dried in a fluidised bed air drier.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the simulated rice grains are dried at a temperature of from 130° to 150° C.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A reformed rice product in the form of simulated rice grains made by the process according to claim 11.
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