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V. N. Mohan Rao0
Vamshidhar Puppala0
Ashish Anand0
Brian Peter Jacoby0
Dimitris Lykomitros0
Date of Patent
June 5, 2012
Patent Application Number
12253409
Date Filed
October 17, 2008
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Patent abstract
The present invention discloses formulations for vacuum baked fruit and vegetable snack pieces that have a crispy, crunchy texture similar to potato chip, corn based wafers, and other popular snack items. A fruit or vegetable base is combined with other ingredients and water to make a slurry, which is sheeted and dried in a vacuum belt dryer, and separated into snack sized pieces. In one embodiment, substantial amounts of solid inclusions are combined with the slurry before drying.
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