Patent ID: 6103290
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A23K,A23P,B29C,B30B

Abstract:
A method of extrusion cooking an edible material comprising the steps of:forming an edible material mixture including respective amounts of protein and starch and a nutrient selected from the group consisting of an amino acid, a vitamin and mixtures thereof;passing said edible material into the inlet of elongated extruder having a barrel equipped with an endmost extrusion die and an internal, axially rotatable, flighted screw assembly within the barrel; androtating said screw assembly at a speed of a least about 500 rpm for advancing said material from said inlet along the length of said barrel and out said extrusion die to yield an at least partially cooked, edible extrudate,said extrudate having the starch content thereof at least about 60% gelatinized with at least about 90% of said nutrient therein in a substantially nutritionally active, undegraded form.