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Process for making shredded potato products
Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
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Filing: 1983-05-02
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Granted: 1985-07-09
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Expires: 2003-05-02
Abstract
Abstract Ready-to-eat shredded potato products having a pleasant texture, and a substantially uniform off-white to golden tan color, are obtained by the process of the present invention. A potato dough is formed under low temperature and low shear mixing conditions so as to avoid overgelatinization of the potato starch and tackiness which would impede flowability and the continuous production of long continuous shred layers. Individual discrete dough pieces having a moisture content of from about 29% to about 50% by weight are tempered to distribute the water substantially uniformly throughout the dough pieces, the tempered dough pieces are shredded and the shredded dough is cooked.
Inventors
- 👤 Martha Y. Wang
- 👤 Jane Michnowski
- 👤 Diane L. Hnat
- 👤 Robert E. Ross
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 23:46
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L19/00; A23L19/10; A23L19/12; A23L19/18; A23L19/19; A23L19/13; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/808
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
A process for producing a ready-to-eat potato food product comprising: (a) combining at least one source of potato starch with water to form discrete dough pieces without forming a dough mass, said pieces having a moisture content of from about 29% to about 50% by weight, (b) tempering the pieces to distribute the water substantially throughout the pieces, and (c) shredding the tempered pieces by passing them between counterrotating shredding rolls, at least one of which is grooved.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
78 words
A process for producing a ready-to-eat potato food product comprising: (a) combining at least one source of potato starch with water to form discrete dough pieces without forming a dough mass, said pieces having a moisture content of from about 29% to about 50% by weight, (b) tempering the pieces to distribute the water substantially throughout the pieces, and (c) shredding the tempered pieces by passing them between counterrotating shredding rolls, at least one of which is grooved.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the pieces of step (a) comprises spraying the at least one potato starch source with the water while the at least one potato starch source is tumbled to form agglomerates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the agglomerates are formed in a disk pelletizer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the at least one potato starch source is mixed in a mixing vessel and transferred to at least one agitated vessel, and the agglomerates are formed in said at least one agitated vessel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 4 wherein the agglomerates are treated to obtain pieces which are substantially uniform in size prior to shredding.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as claimed in claim 5 wherein said treatment of the agglomerates is subsequent to said tempering.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process as claimed in claim 4 wherein the at least one potato starch source is tumbled in said mixing vessel to control the flow rate during transfer of the at least one potato starch source to said at least one agitated vessel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as claimed in claim 7 wherein the at least one potato starch source and other dry ingredients are premixed and then fed to said mixing vessel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 8 wherein said other dry ingredients comprise at least one cereal flour or at least one flavor enhancer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process as claimed in claim 9 wherein the shredded potato food product comprises at least about 50% by weight of the at least one potato starch source.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 10 wherein said food product comprises shredded potato and at least one shredded cereal grain.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as claimed in claim 11 wherein the cereal grain is barley, rye, wheat, corn, rice, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the tempered pieces are shredded into individual sheets, the sheets are layered, the layered product is cut, and the cut product is cooked.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
A ready-to-eat shredded potato product obtained by the process of claim 13.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
A ready-to-eat shredded potato product as claimed in claim 14 which is baked.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
A ready-to-eat shredded potato product as claimed in claim 14 which is fried.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A ready-to-eat shredded potato product as claimed in claim 14 which comprises at least 50% by weight potato.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the amount of water added in step (a) is limited to achieve a moisture content in the pieces of from about 30% to about 36% by weight, based on the weight of the pieces.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pieces are tempered for about 6 hours to about 24 hours.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one potato starch source is at least partially pregelatinized.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one potato starch source comprises between about 15% to about 55% by weight of potato flour, based upon the weight of the at least one potato starch source.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said at least one potato starch source is potato flour, dehydrated potato pieces, potato starch or mixtures thereof.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as claimed in claim 22 wherein said dehydrated potato pieces are in the form of flakes, granules, dices, strips or mixtures thereof.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein step (a) is conducted at a temperature of less than about 85° F.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein said shredded potato food product consists essentially of shredded potato.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shredded product is fried.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
13 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shredded product is baked.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
106 words
A process for producing a shredded ready-to-eat potato product comprising: (a) combining at least one potato starch source with water under low temperature and low shear mixing conditions so as to avoid overgelatinization of the potato starch and to form discrete dough pieces without forming a dough mass, said pieces having a moisture content of about 29% to about 50% by weight, (b) tempering the dough pieces of step (a) to distribute the water substantially uniformly throughout the dough pieces, (c) shredding the tempered dough pieces by passing them between counterrotating shredding rolls, at least one of which is grooved, and (d) cooking the shredded dough.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
106 words
A process for producing a shredded ready-to-eat potato product comprising: (a) combining at least one potato starch source with water under low temperature and low shear mixing conditions so as to avoid overgelatinization of the potato starch and to form discrete dough pieces without forming a dough mass, said pieces having a moisture content of about 29% to about 50% by weight, (b) tempering the dough pieces of step (a) to distribute the water substantially uniformly throughout the dough pieces, (c) shredding the tempered dough pieces by passing them between counterrotating shredding rolls, at least one of which is grooved, and (d) cooking the shredded dough.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 28 wherein the at least one potato starch source is substantially pregelatinized and the shredded dough is cooked by baking.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 29 wherein the dough pieces of step (a) are formed in a disk or drum pelletizer.
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