Patent ID: 6042860
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A device for puffing foodstuff, comprising:an upright puffing reactor having a vessel for receiving a foodstuff therein, said vessel having a wall provided with a plurality of openings distributed over its periphery, said vessel having no openings in an upper section thereof;a chamber formed by an outer jacket provided around said vessel;first supply line for introducing a pressurized heat-carrying agent into said chamber under a first pressure, said agent flowing from the chamber through said plurality of openings into said vessel, to thereby uniformly distribute said agent through the foodstuff;an opening mechanism disposed at a lower end of said vessel for abruptly opening said vessel; anda second supply line for supplying a second agent to said upper section of said vessel at a second pressure higher than said first pressure, said second supply line opening into said upper section of said vessel.