Crisp fruit or vegetable snack product and process

Details Crisp fruit or vegetable snack product and process Crisp fruit or vegetable snack product and process

1988-02-18

1989-12-26

Bascomb, Wilbur

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Surface coated, fluid encapsulated, laminated solid...

Readily identifiable fruit or vegetable derived

426103, 426262, 426285, 426302, 426564, 426568, 426570, 426639, 426640, 426453, 426456, 426464, 426470, A23L 1212

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048897302

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are snack products comprising a dried agglomeration of fruit or vegetable pieces as well as a method for making these snack products. This method involves utilizing a sugar soaking step to prevent the collapse and shrinkage of the individual pieces of fruit or vegetable during the drying process. The method further comprises mixing the pieces of fruit or vegetable with a foam composition prior to drying. This results in distribution of the pieces within the snack in an open mat structure so that the snack product is characterized by a ratio of solids volume to total volume of from about 0.5 to about 0.85. The final snack product has a low water activity and bulk density and provides a crisp, tender eating quality.

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