公开(公告)号：EP2048961A2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-22

申请号：EP07813082.0

申请日：2007-07-18

申请人： Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH

发明人： BOWS, John, Richard ,  BURNHAM, Colin, Jeffrey ,  COKER, Jonathan, Paul ,  ELLIS, David ,  HICKIE, David, Lester ,  HILLIARD, Greg, Paul ,  LOCK, Michelle, Louise ,  MALONEY, Norman, John ,  NEWBERRY, Brian, Richard ,  PAPALIA, Rocco, Dominic ,  TOMLINSON, Paul, Frederick ,  WHITEHAIR, Stanley, Joseph ,  YONNONE, Martin

IPC分类号： A23B7/01

CPC分类号： A23L19/18 ,  A23L5/15 ,  A23L7/117 ,  A23L19/09

摘要： The present invention is directed towards a method for making a healthy snack food having an appearance and taste similar to conventional fried snack products without the use of an oil-frying process. The method of the present invention includes the steps of providing food slices from a starch-based food or dough. The food slices can be blanched and a controlled amount of oil can be added to enhance final organoleptical properties. The food slices are then rapidly dehydrated to a much lower moisture content in a primary drying step that simulates conventional frying dehydration rates. A food snack, such as a corn or potato-based snack, produced by this method is a low-fat, ready- to- eat snack having the conventional texture and taste associated with fried snack products.