公开(公告)号：US3565636A

公开(公告)日：1971-02-23

申请号：US3565636D

申请日：1967-08-23

申请人： FRENCH CO R T

发明人： HUTCHINGS RONALD W ,  STRINGHAM CHARLES H

IPC分类号： A23L19/15 ,  A23L1/12

CPC分类号： A23L19/15

摘要： IN THE PROCESS OF THIS INVENTION THE AGGLOMERATED DEHYDRATED POTATOE PRODUCT IS PRODUCED BY ADDING WATER IN A STEADY STREAM, OR IN A DROPWISE FASHION, INTO A TRAVELLING BED OF POTATO GRANULES, AND BY SCREENING OFF AND DRYING THE RESULTANT MOIST AGGLOMERATES. THE DRY AGGOLMERATES HAVE UNIFORM DISC SHAPES IF THE WATER IS ADDED DROPWISE. THEY ARE IN THE SHAPE OF RODS IF THE WATER IS ADDED AS A STEADY STREAM. THEY ARE FRAIBLE; AND EACH HAS A POROUS STRUCTURE CONTAINING POCKETS OF AIR, WHICH ARE THE SOURCE OF THE INCORPORATED AIR WHICH BRINGS ABOUT, UPON RECONSTITUTION, A LIGHT, FLUFFY, WHITE MASH WITH A MINIMUM OF STIRRING.