Apparatus and method for making a food items such as a shepherd's pies is disclosed. The method includes preparing, cooking and cooling a pie filling, placing a predetermined amount of individual serving portions of the cooled pie filling into a container, preparing and cooking mashed potatoes, and extruding a predetermined individual serving portion of the mashed potatoes into each of a plurality of compartments formed in a mold tray, the compartments having a predetermined shape and depth. The pie filling and the mashed potatoes in the mold tray compartments are then frozen for storage and transportation. The shepherd's pies can then be assembled and baked at the point-of-sale.

A puffed food composition having crispy texture, unlikely to stick to teeth, and exhibiting suppressed astringent taste is provided. The puffed food composition includes an edible plant, 3 mass % or more of insoluble dietary fibers, 5 mass % or more of starch, and 4 mass % or more of protein. The particle size d60 of particles in a dispersion liquid of the puffed food composition after disturbance is 0.3 to 1,000 μm, the maximum particle size of particles in a dispersion liquid of the puffed food composition before disturbance is 200 μm or more, and the minimum differential value is −100 kN/m.sup.2% or less.

A recipe industrially produces vegetable gnocchi, and, in particular, cauliflower gnocchi, and a production process thereof. Moreover, the gnocchi is obtained by the process in order to provide a food product that is nutritionally advantageous and easy to produce on an industrial level without any disadvantages.

Provided are processes for aseptically preparing fruits and vegetables, such as mashed potatoes wherein the process minimizes and/or eliminates free starch in the final product, thereby resulting in a product having a superior taste and/or texture. The process includes heating of the fruit or vegetable to a temperature sufficient to gelatinize starch in the fruit or vegetable. Moreover, the fruit or vegetable may then be cooled, such as to set the structure of the fruit's or vegetable's starch cells. The fruit or vegetable may be reduced in size, such as to about inch before mixing with further ingredients. The fruit or vegetable is then sterilized, which may include a 5 log kill step and result in halting the enzymatic reactions within the fruit or vegetable. After sterilization, the potatoes may then be cooled before being aseptically packaged and stored.

An adjusting and control method for 3D printing precise shape forming of instant recuperation mashed potato relates to the field of new food processing technologies. First, a potato is cleaned, peeled, and sliced to be steamed. Subsequently, the steamed potato slices are pulped until a pulp is smooth and shiny. A colloid is added, and after mixing the pulp with the colloid, the mixture is steamed to cook the potato and fully dissolve the colloid. After the mixture is cooled to room temperature, white chocolate powder is added to the mixture. To implement refined printing of recuperation mashed potato, printing temperature, a moving speed of the nozzle, a discharging speed and so on are selected and determined to perform printing. Precision of a print object may reach more than 95%, and the object does not collapse within 40 min to 60 min after being printed.

A liquid potato-derived product may be produced from whole raw potatoes and may be utilized to produce various healthy food products, such as dips and sauces. This liquid potato product may be produced from raw potatoes by pretreating the potatoes, gelatinizing the pretreated potatoes, and then liquefying the gelatinized potatoes under sufficient shear.

A liquid potato-derived product may be produced from whole raw potatoes and may be utilized to produce various healthy food products, such as dips and sauces. This liquid potato product may be produced from raw potatoes by pretreating the potatoes, gelatinizing the pretreated potatoes, shearing the gelatinized potatoes under specific milling temperatures and conditions to produce a sheared potato product with desirable particle sizes, and then cooking the sheared potato product to form the liquid potato product.

A recipe industrially produces vegetable gnocchi, and, in particular, cauliflower gnocchi, and a production process thereof. Moreover, the gnocchi is obtained by the process in order to provide a food product that is nutritionally advantageous and easy to produce on an industrial level without any disadvantages.

The invention comprises various embodiments of processes by which cookable food product may be prepared and the consumable product that may be made through the uses of those processes. Advantageously, a food product may be made through the processes that is lower starch and more nutritious than food product made through conventional food processes. The system and methods may be used to make a cookable food product and a consumable food product from plantain or another type of starchy fruit or vegetable.

A liquid potato-derived product may be produced from whole raw potatoes and may be utilized to produce various healthy food products, such as dips and sauces. This liquid potato product may be produced from raw potatoes by pretreating the potatoes, gelatinizing the pretreated potatoes, and then liquefying the gelatinized potatoes under sufficient shear.