Patent ID: 6419972
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: A23L,A23P,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for the manufacture of an expanded stick type starch confectionery with wavy outer stereo-configuration, which comprises steps of:adding water to a starch raw material of cereals or a mixture of the cereals and pulses to mix and homogenize the material, leaving the homogenized mass as it is, for a time of 20 to 60 minutes, adding a calcium salt to and mixing the homogenized material to prepare a dough, feeding the dough into an extruder to thermally treat the dough, and extruding the cooked dough through a double-staged die which has an inner diameter at an outlet-side of 2 to 30 mm, and an inner diameter at an inlet side not exceeding 10 mm, so that the inner diameter at the outlet side is larger than at the inlet-side, a gradually enlarging inner diameter in a transitional portion from an ending part at the inlet-side to a beginning part at the outlet-side in linearly or curved line, toward the outlet-side, and a circular cross-section, whereby in a direction of extrusion, the wavy outer stereo-configuration is formed on a surface of the confectionery.