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US4748037A
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Process for producing a bean cake
Assignee: Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd
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Filing: 1987-02-03
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Granted: 1988-05-31
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Expires: 2007-02-03
Abstract
Abstract A process for producing a bean cake which comprises feeding whole or hulled grains of beans to a twin-screw extruder, extruding the beans through the twin-screw extruder at a temperature in the range of 90° to 250° C. to form a cake, and while extruding, adjusting the moisture content of the beans to be treated to the range of 8 to 50 weight percent and swelling the starch component while texturizing the protein component of the beans.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukio Matsumoto
- 👤 Gyota Taguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 11:26
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L11/00; A23L11/05; A23P; A23P30/00; A23P30/30; A23P30/32; A23P30/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A process for producing a bean cake which comprises feeding whole or hulled grains of beans containing, in dry base, less than 6 weight percent lipid, 20 to 30 weight percent protein and 50 to 60 weight percent carbohydrate comprising at starch component to a twin-screw extruder, extruding the beans through the twin-screw extruder at a temperature in the range of 90° to 250° C. to form a cake, and while extruding, adjusting the moisture content of the beans to be treated to the range of 8 to 50 weight percent and swelling the starch component while texturizing the protein component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A process for producing a bean cake which comprises feeding whole or hulled grains of beans containing, in dry base, less than 6 weight percent lipid, 20 to 30 weight percent protein and 50 to 60 weight percent carbohydrate comprising at starch component to a twin-screw extruder, extruding the beans through the twin-screw extruder at a temperature in the range of 90° to 250° C. to form a cake, and while extruding, adjusting the moisture content of the beans to be treated to the range of 8 to 50 weight percent and swelling the starch component while texturizing the protein component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said beans are selected from the group consisting of small red bean, kidney bean, pea, cow pea, broad bean, chick pea, lima bean and green bean.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said beans are dried pea.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said beans are dried small red bean.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said adjusting is carried out so as to give a moisture content of the beans of 10 to 40% by weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said extruding step is carried out by setting the barrel temperature of said two-screw extruder to 110° to 200° C. and for a retention time of the beans at the heating barrel part of the extruder, of 10 to 90 seconds.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-05-31 | 1991-11-30 | 1992-05-31 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-05-31 | 1995-11-30 | 1996-05-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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