Patent ID: 6054166
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A23L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a snack, which consists essentially of preparing a mixture containing at least one starchy food meal or flour and an amount of water to provide a water content of 8-18%, extrusion cooking the mixture at a sufficient time and temperature to gelatinize the starchy food meal or flour before extruding the mixture at ambient atmospheric pressure through a die having at least one oblong orifice, so as to expand the cooked mixture and obtain an expanded strip, and then laminating and cutting this strip into pieces to form the snack; wherein the starchy food meal or flour is sufficiently gelatinized during the extrusion cooking step so that further cooking is not necessary and the snack has a final texture which is comparable to a conventionally prepared tortilla, crisp or cracker.