Fecha de publicación: 18/09/2003 Fuente: WIPO Food Portada SPOOR AND FISHER
Dried Food Product and a Process for Producing the Product
This invention relates to a food snack comprising light, crispy wafers of dried minced food, typically dried minced meat and a process for making the food snack. The process includes the steps of dicing and mincing the food, feeding the food into a sausage casing, freezing the food in the casing, cutting the food into slices and drying the slices.
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SPOOR AND FISHER
THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
1. A process for producing a dried food product, the process including dicing and mincing a food type, feeding the food type into a sausage casing, freezing the encased food type in the casing, cutting the frozen food type into slices and drying the slices.
2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the encased food type is frozen to a core temperature between -5°C and
3. A process according to claim 2 wherein the encased food type is frozen to a core temperature of -80 C.
4. A process according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the sausage casing is made from a plastics material.
A process according to claim 4 wherein the plastics material is PVC.
A process according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the sausage casing is removed from the frozen food type prior to cutting.
7. A process according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the frozen food type is cut into slices having a thickness from 1mm to 2mm, inclusive.
8. A process according to claim 7 wherein the frozen food type is cut into slices having a thickness of
9. A process according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the slices are air dried under controlled conditions with an air temperature of between 35°C and 500C, and an air humidity of between 15% and
SPOOR AND FISHER
A process according to claim 9 wherein the slices are air dried at an air temperature of
A process according to claim 9 or 10 wherein the slices are air dried at an air humidity of 18%.
A process according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the slices are air dried with the air at a temperature between 70°C and 900C, for a period of 10 to 20 minutes and then air dried at a lower air temperature of between 350C and 500C.
A process according to claim 12 wherein the slices are air dried at an air temperature of 80°C for a period of 10 to 20 minutes and then air dried at a lower air temperature of 450C.
A process according to claim 12 or 13 wherein the slices are air dried at an air humidity between 15% and
A process according to claim 14 wherein the air humidity is 18%.
A process according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the fobd type is vegetable, fruit or meat or a combination of these food types.
A process according to claim 16 wherein the food type is meat.
A food snack comprising light, crispy wafers of dried minced meat.
A process for producing a dried food product substantially as herein described.
A food snack substantially as herein described and illustrated.