Patent ID: 8524301
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A23L,A23P,A23V

Abstract:
1. A process of manufacture of a crumb comprising the steps of: forming an aqueous mixture comprising: adding the aqueous mixture into an extruder; partially extruding the aqueous mixture through the extruder; adding an aqueous gelling agent to the extruder at a point downstream of the start of the extrusion of the aqueous mixture through the extruder to form a resultant mixture of the aqueous mixture and the aqueous gelling agent in the extruder; extruding the resultant mixture through and from the extruder at a temperature greater than 100° C. to form an extrudate; allowing the extrudate to expand to form a porous product; drying the product; and milling the dried product to form a crumb.