US5500240A
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Production of chip-like starch based snacks
Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
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Filing: 1995-06-06
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Granted: 1996-03-19
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Expires: 2015-06-06
Abstract
Abstract A chip-like snack is prepared by admixing wheat flour, a no or low gluten content starchy material, e.g. potato starch, pregelatinized waxy starch and water to form a dough. The dough is then sheeted and cut into pieces and the pieces are heated to reduce their moisture content to obtain chip-like products having a blistered appearance and a crisp texture.
Inventors
- 👤 Kevin Addesso
- 👤 Theresa E. Dzurenko
- 👤 Mark J. Moisey
- 👤 Harry Levine
- 👤 Louise Slade
- 👤 James M. Manns
- 👤 Richard D. Fazzolare
- 👤 James Ievolella
- 👤 Martha Y. Wang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:51
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L19/00; A23L19/10; A23L19/12; A23L19/18; A23L19/19; A23L29/00; A23L29/20; A23L29/206; A23L7/00; A23L7/10; A23L7/117; A23L7/13; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/808
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) forming a machinable dough at a temperature of less than about 125° F. by admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, a no- or low-gluten content starchy material, water, and about 4% by weight to about 40% by weight of a pregelatinized waxy starch, said weight percentage being based upon the weight of said starchy material, wherein a portion of said starchy material and a portion of the water are premixed with the pregelatinized waxy starch to substantially uniformly hydrate the pregelatinized waxy starch, and the remaining portion of said starchy material and the remaining portion of the water are admixed with the hydrated pregelatinized waxy starch to obtain said dough, b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces having a moisture content of from about 25% by weight to about 60% by weight, and d) heating said pieces to reduce said moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain pieces having a blistered appearance substantially throughout their surface.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) forming a machinable dough at a temperature of less than about 125° F. by admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, a no- or low-gluten content starchy material, water, and about 4% by weight to about 40% by weight of a pregelatinized waxy starch, said weight percentage being based upon the weight of said starchy material, wherein a portion of said starchy material and a portion of the water are premixed with the pregelatinized waxy starch to substantially uniformly hydrate the pregelatinized waxy starch, and the remaining portion of said starchy material and the remaining portion of the water are admixed with the hydrated pregelatinized waxy starch to obtain said dough, b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces having a moisture content of from about 25% by weight to about 60% by weight, and d) heating said pieces to reduce said moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain pieces having a blistered appearance substantially throughout their surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pregelatinized waxy starch is a pregelatinized waxy maize starch and said starchy material comprises dehydrated potatoes.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, at least one no- or low-gluten content starchy material, up to about 40% by weight of at least one pregelatinized waxy starch, based upon the weight of the starchy material, and water to form a dough having a moisture content of about 25% to about 60% by weight at a temperature of less than about 125° F., wherein said pregelatinized waxy starch, said starchy material and said water form a tackifier test dough having a tackifier quality of at least about 2500 g-s, b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces, and d) heating the dough pieces to reduce their moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain chip-like products having a blistered appearance and a crisp texture.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
140 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, at least one no- or low-gluten content starchy material, up to about 40% by weight of at least one pregelatinized waxy starch, based upon the weight of the starchy material, and water to form a dough having a moisture content of about 25% to about 60% by weight at a temperature of less than about 125° F., wherein said pregelatinized waxy starch, said starchy material and said water form a tackifier test dough having a tackifier quality of at least about 2500 g-s, b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces, and d) heating the dough pieces to reduce their moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain chip-like products having a blistered appearance and a crisp texture.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, at least one potato starch material, at least one pregelatinized waxy starch in an amount up to about 40% by weight of the potato starch material, and water to form a machinable dough having a moisture content of about 25% to about 60% by weight at a temperature of less than about 125° F., b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces, and d) heating the dough pieces to reduce their moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain chip-like products having a blistered appearance and a crisp texture.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for the production of a chip-like snack comprising: a) admixing ingredients comprising wheat flour, at least one potato starch material, at least one pregelatinized waxy starch in an amount up to about 40% by weight of the potato starch material, and water to form a machinable dough having a moisture content of about 25% to about 60% by weight at a temperature of less than about 125° F., b) sheeting the dough, c) cutting the sheeted dough into pieces, and d) heating the dough pieces to reduce their moisture content to less than about 4% by weight to obtain chip-like products having a blistered appearance and a crisp texture.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said pieces are heated in air to reduce their moisture content to less than 10% by weight, and then fried to further reduce their moisture content.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said pieces have a moisture content of from about 30% to about 50% by weight, and the pieces are baked to reduce said moisture content to less than 4% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 6 wherein the starch of said at least one potato starch material is essentially completely gelatinized.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as claimed in claim 7 wherein said pregelatinized starch is pregelatinized waxy maize starch.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said at least one potato starch material is essentially completely gelatinized as measured by differential scanning calorimetry.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said machineable dough is obtained at a temperature of less than about 110° F.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said dough is laminated upon itself and then sheeted.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said dough is formed into a sheet having a thickness of about 1/32 of an inch.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said heating comprises reducing the moisture content of said pieces to less than about 4% by weight in a gas-fired oven to obtain baked pieces having a blistered appearance.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 13 wherein said baked pieces are subjected to dielectric heating to further reduce the moisture content of the pieces and reduce checking of the pieces.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the baked pieces are annealed to equilibrate moisture after said dielectric heating.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the pregelatinized waxy starch is a pregelatinized waxy maize starch.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 wherein said at least one potato starch material comprises pregelatinized potato starch and said at least one pregelatinized waxy starch is a pregelatinized waxy maize starch.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2003-03-19 | 2003-09-18 | 2004-03-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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