ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20190075826A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US16130730

    申请日:2018-09-13

    摘要: Embodiments herein include processing systems for food products and related methods. In an embodiment, the processing system includes a housing and a product conveyor. The housing defines a processing channel that includes an electromagnetic wave heating chamber. The electromagnetic wave heating chamber is at least partially filled with a fluid, such as a fluid. The conveyor mechanism can convey food products continuously along a conveyance path including a serpentine pathway that includes a plurality of hairpin corners where a direction of the conveyance path is reversed and a depth of the conveyance path is increased. The electromagnetic wave emitting apparatus emits electromagnetic energy into the pathway. The average pressure in the electromagnetic wave heating chamber changes along the conveyor mechanism. The orientation of products along the conveyance path varies minimally along at least portions of the conveyance path. Other embodiments are also included herein.

    Electromagnetic wave food processing system and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11229095B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US14969521

    申请日:2015-12-15

    摘要: Embodiments herein include processing systems for food products and related methods. In an embodiment, a food processing system is included with a continuous processing channel divided into a come-up chamber, a main electromagnetic wave (such as microwave) heating chamber, and a cool-down chamber. The continuous processing channel can define at least two separate portions oriented for vertical product movement. In various embodiments, the come-up chamber, the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber, and the cool-down chamber are at least partially filled with liquid. The system can further include a product conveyor mechanism to convey food products to be processed continuously along a conveyance path passing from the come-up chamber through the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber and to the cool-down chamber. The system can further include an electromagnetic wave energy emitting apparatus configured to emit electromagnetic wave energy into the main heating chamber. Other embodiments are also included herein.

    ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS
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    ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODS 审中-公开
    电磁波食品加工系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160183333A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-23

    申请号:US14969521

    申请日:2015-12-15

    IPC分类号: H05B6/78 H05B6/80 H05B6/64

    摘要: Embodiments herein include processing systems for food products and related methods. In an embodiment, a food processing system is included with a continuous processing channel divided into a come-up chamber, a main electromagnetic wave (such as microwave) heating chamber, and a cool-down chamber. The continuous processing channel can define at least two separate portions oriented for vertical product movement. In various embodiments, the come-up chamber, the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber, and the cool-down chamber are at least partially filled with liquid. The system can further include a product conveyor mechanism to convey food products to be processed continuously along a conveyance path passing from the come-up chamber through the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber and to the cool-down chamber. The system can further include an electromagnetic wave energy emitting apparatus configured to emit electromagnetic wave energy into the main heating chamber. Other embodiments are also included herein.

    摘要翻译: 本文的实施方案包括用于食品的处理系统和相关方法。 在一个实施例中,食品加工系统包括分为升降室,主电磁波(如微波)加热室和冷却室的连续处理通道。 连续处理通道可以限定至少两个取向成垂直产品运动的独立部分。 在各种实施例中,升起室,主电磁波加热室和冷却室至少部分地被液体填充。 该系统可以进一步包括产品输送机构,用于沿着通过主电磁波加热室通向冷却室的输送路径连续输送待处理的食品。 该系统还可以包括电磁波能量发射装置,其配置成将电磁波能量发射到主加热室中。 本文还包括其它实施例。

    AIR FRYING OF SNACK FOOD PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20220279832A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17575199

    申请日:2022-01-13

    摘要: Embodiments herein relate to air-fried snack food products and related methods. In an embodiment, a method of preparing a reduced fat fried snack product is included. The method can include preparing discrete units of a snack product, par frying the snack product in an oil fryer, wherein par frying the snack product in the oil fryer reduces moisture in the snack product to approximately 2 to 8 weight percent, and frying the snack product in a centrifuge air fryer, wherein frying the snack product in the centrifuge air fryer reduces moisture in the snack product to 1.5 to 2.5 weight percent and reduces fat content of the snack product to 12 to 38 weight percent. Other embodiments are also included herein.

    THERMALLY PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS WITH HIGHLY-UNIFORM ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY FIELDS

    公开(公告)号:US20200054046A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16543097

    申请日:2019-08-16

    IPC分类号: A23L3/01 H05B6/78

    摘要: Embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for thermally processing packaged food products with highly-uniform electromagnetic energy fields. In an embodiment, a method of thermally processing a packaged food product is included herein. The method can include placing the packaged food product in a heating chamber, the packaged food product comprising a hermetically sealed package and a food material disposed within the package. The method can further include applying electromagnetic energy to the packaged food product from a first electromagnetic energy source from a first direction. The electromagnetic energy can be sufficient to raise the temperature of the food material by at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit with a spatial temperature variation of less than 25 degrees Fahrenheit in less than 120 seconds. Other embodiments are also included herein.