A composition facilitates smooth and efficient intake of a food containing abundant insoluble dietary fibers, including non-edible part, through improvement in its texture and taste. The composition includes a fine particle composite having insoluble dietary fibers and fat/oil. The composition includes edible and inedible parts of a food material. A dry weight ratio of inedible part to edible and inedible part is 1% to 80%. The composition has 0.1 mass % or more of insoluble dietary fibers, a fine particle content of 2 to 98 mass %, a total fat/oil content of 10 to 98 mass %, and less than 20 mass % water. A modal diameter after ultrasonication is 0.3 to 200 ?m, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume after ultrasonication to minimum particle size after ultrasonication is 0.1 or more, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume before and after ultrasonication is 0.01 to 0.99.

The present invention relates to a coating composition, a potato product for optional finish-frying provided therewith and a method therefor. The composition includes by weight, relative to the weight of the composition: ?30-60% modified starch including high-amylose starch; ?20-30% flour; ?5-20% dextrin; ?2-10% unmodified starch; and ?0.01-2% carbonate.

A system for cooking pieces of protein may include a flour applicator that receives the pieces of protein in an uncooked state and applies a coating of flour to outer surfaces thereof; a batter applicator that receives the pieces of uncooked protein coated with the flour from the flour applicator and applies a batter made from high-gluten flour to the coated outer surfaces thereof; a packaging machine that receives the pieces of uncooked protein coated with the batter made from the high-gluten flour from the batter applicator and seals the pieces of protein in plastic pouches; and a heating unit that receives the sealed plastic pouches containing the uncooked protein coated with the batter from the packaging machine and cooks the battered protein pieces in the plastic pouches.

The present invention relates to a coating composition, a potato product for optional finish-frying provided therewith and a method therefor. The composition includes by weight, relative to the weight of the composition: 30-60% modified starch including high-amylose starch; 20-30% flour; 5-20% dextrin; 2-10% unmodified starch; and 0.01-2% carbonate.

A fryer apparatus and method of frying food products includes a cooking chamber, a heater disposed external to the cooking chamber, a fuel system disposed external to the cooking chamber, a blower configured to propel an airflow toward a heater, and a fuel injector configured to inject fuel into the airflow to create an air-fuel mixture. The fuel system is configured to deliver an air-fuel mixture to the heater. The heater is configured to ignite the air-fuel mixture to provide an external heating source for the cooking medium within cooking chamber. The temperature of the cooking medium is controlled by varying the speed of the airflow.

Provided is a powdery breader including a starch at a proportion of 75% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less, in which the powdery breader includes, as the starch, a lowered molecular weight starch having an amylose content of 5% by mass or more and a peak molecular weight of 310.sup.3 or more and 510.sup.4 or less, at a proportion of 3% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the powdery breader, in which a content of oversized particles retained on a sieve with openings of 0.1 mm in the powdery breader is 20% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less, and in which the powdery breader is used for one or two or more deep-fried (-like) food products selected from the group consisting of hot showcase storage, room temperature storage, chilled storage, frozen storage, and microwave cooking.

Raw fruits or vegetables are pre-treated prior to atmospheric frying. Pre-treatment includes application of a pulsed electric field to the raw products followed by slicing and immediate blanching in a water solution of above 160 F. in a turbulent environment. The pulsed electric field utilizes vertically oriented electrodes to treat the products. The treated food products can then be atmospherically fried at a low oil temperature to a shelf stable moisture content to produce fried crisps having an appealing light color and crunchy texture despite a high amount of reducing sugars, sucrose, starch, and/or solids present in the raw material.

An object of the present invention is to provide an food additive capable of improving quality and physical properties such as water retention, shape retention, and dispersion stability at the time of adding to foods such as processed foods and scarcely impairing characteristics such as original texture and flavor of food, and also to provide foods comprising the food additive. That is, the present invention provides a food additive comprising an anion-modified cellulose nanofibers and food including the food additive.

A mix for fried food enables production of a fried food having favorable appearance and texture with less oil splattering during cooking even when using little oil with a shallow cooking utensil. The mix for fried food contains a wheat flour, a cereal flour that is not a wheat flour in an amount of 0.5-50 mass %, an emulsifier in an amount of 0.3-10 mass %, and a leavening agent in an amount of 0.05 to 5 mass %. The cereal flour that is not a wheat flour is preferably at least one selected from rice flour, barley flour, rye flour, and sorghum flour. An example of a method for producing a fried food using the mix for fried food is a method including mixing the mix for fried food with water to obtain a batter liquid and cooking in oil an ingredient to which the batter liquid is attached.

Provided is a method for manufacturing instant fried noodles having a high degree of gelatinization and having a good taste and texture, the method comprising frying raw noodle strings in oil without steaming, and drying the noodle strings. This method for manufacturing instant fried noodles comprises: preparing a dough by kneading a noodle raw material containing a main raw material, water, and at least one calcium-containing material selected from the group consisting of baked calcium and calcium hydroxide; cutting out raw noodle strings from the dough; and frying the raw noodle strings in oil without steaming the raw noodle strings, and drying the noodle strings.