公开(公告)号：WO2022038613A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：PCT/IL2021/051016

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: TUTTIPUFFS LTD.

Inventor： SAT, Zemer ,  AHARONSON, Gilad

IPC: A23P30/32 ,  A23P20/10 ,  A23L7/165

Abstract: Apparatus and method for preparing a puffed food product. At least one profood item is placed within a compartment defining a sealed enclosure. The profood item comprises a shell, and an interior contained within the shell, the interior comprising a foodstuff comprising at least one starch, and a liquid adapted to form a vapor when subjected to heating. The pressure in the compartment is rapidly reduced with a pressure device, while heating the compartment, until the profood item reaches breakage threshold conditions at reduced breakage temperature, causing a rupturing of the shell, inducing a sudden release of the vapor at a high pressure, resulting in puffing of the starch to produce the puffed food product. The reduced breakage temperature may be in the range of 200- 220°C. The pressure reduction may take place in less than 1 second. The puffing process duration may be in the range of 6-7 seconds.

公开(公告)号：WO2022038612A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-24

申请号：PCT/IL2021/051015

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: TUTTIPUFFS LTD.

Inventor： SAT, Zemer ,  AHARONSON, Gilad

IPC: A23L7/17 ,  A23L19/00 ,  A23L19/10 ,  A23P20/10 ,  A23P20/13 ,  A23P30/38

Abstract: A profood item for preparing a puffed food product and method for producing the profood item. Profood item shell comprises a first foodstuff, the shell characterized by a hardness and rigidity able to withstand breakage when subject to temperature/pressure below breakage threshold conditions. Profood item interior contained within shell comprises a second foodstuff comprising at least one starch and a liquid adapted to form a vapor when subjected to heating, where an increased pressure of the vapor when heated causes a rupturing of the shell when breakage threshold conditions reached, inducing a sudden release of vapor at high pressure resulting in puffing of starch to produce puffed food product. The profood item micropellet may be prepared using an extrusion process and coated with a coating process to form a shell.