A protein fortified complete meal snack item is prepared from a whole potato base by a process involving subdivision of whole potatoes, including skins, to provide potato pieces, adding on a weight basis of from 10% to 40% by weight of said potato pieces of edible protein fortifying additives, intimately admixing the protein additives and the whole potato pieces to provide a substantially homogeneous mixture, and extruding which provides at least partial cooking of said homogeneous mixture, resulting in a protein fortified snack food extrudate. The resulting product contains substantially the complete starch food value, and vitamin value of the starting potato.
Process for making novel foodstuffs from ingredients comprising potato materials and protein are disclosed. The novel foodstuffs produced by these processes are rapidly heated from a frozen state to a serving temperature in conventional heating equipment. The novel foodstuffs produced comprise a new french fry type foodstuff and a seafood analog. Also disclosed is a process to improve the formation of fiber from vegetable protein.
Method of manufacturing a snack, in which a starchy-food based mixture is extrusion-cooked, the extrusion being carried out in ambient atmosphere through a slot-shaped orifice, so as to obtain an expanded strip, the thickness of the strip is reduced by laminating and the strip is cut into pieces of various shapes.
An improved method for the production of extruded cereal grain-based fried food products having improved qualities is provided. In the improved method, the cereal grain-based food product is formed by extrusion of a cereal grain dough mass containing a protein, followed by frying the extruded cereal grain dough to produce a fried cereal grain food product having reduced gumminess or toothpacking and grittiness.
A method for making skin-on potato boats includes blanching whole potatoes to gelatinize the outer layer beneath the skin, cutting the potatoes in half to expose cut surfaces and in one embodiment abrading away the ungelatinized center portion of the potato halves. In a second embodiment, the center portions are manually removed with a scraping device. In either embodiment, the resulting hollowed-out potato halves may then be blanched, air cooled, parfried and frozen for later reconstitution. After parfrying, the potato boats have a solids content of about 35%-45%. Upon reconstitution the potato boats may be filled with condiments, such as cheese and the like, and served as so-called "potato skins."
The present application discloses processes for making novel foodstuffs from ingredients comprising potato materials and protein. The novel foodstuffs produced by these processes are rapidly heated from a frozen state to a serving temperature in conventional heating equipment. The novel foodstuffs produced comprise a new french fry type foodstuff and a seafood analog. Also disclosed is a process to improve the formation of fiber from vegetable protein.
