A packaged ready-to-eat snack food product containing a mixture of co-fried tuber substrates and vegetable substrates includes from about 5% to about 95% of the tuber substrates; and from about 5% to about 95% of the vegetable substrates; such that the mixture in the packaged product has a moisture content in the range of about 1.3% to about 4.5% or an oil content in the range of about 20% to about 50%. Methods of making the mixture include pre-treating the tuber substrates, pre-treating the vegetable substrates in a manner that differs from the pre-treatment of the tuber substrates, and co-frying the pre-treated tuber substrates with the pre-treated vegetable substrates together at the same time and under the same conditions.

A degree of deterioration of frying oil in a fryer can be assessed easily and accurately. A frying oil deterioration assessment device 41 comprises a recording unit 45 that records types of fried foods 19 fried in frying oil 17 in an electric fryer 14 and a fried quantity for each type, a holding unit 46 that holds correlation data indicating a relationship between the fried quantity for each type of fried food 19 and a degree of deterioration of the frying oil 17, and an assessment unit 47 that assesses the degree of deterioration of the frying oil 17 on the basis of the correlation data and the recorded types of fried food 19 and fried quantity of each type.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of a roasted plant material with oil. The oil used for roasting the plant material comprises the fatty acids C16:0 in the range of 1 to 25 wt% (based on weight of total fat) and C18:1 in the range of 60 to 90 wt% (based on weight of total fat) and C18:2 in the range of 0.1 to 20 wt% (based on weight of total fat).

Provided are: a processed edible powder that, when used in a fried-food coating, makes it possible to improve the texture of the coating to a desired texture that undergoes little deterioration over time, makes excellent crispiness and lightness texture; a method for manufacturing said processed edible powder; a fried-food coating in which said processed edible powder is used; a method for manufacturing a fried-food coating; and a method for improving the texture of a fried-food coating.

An oil and fat solidifier is mixed with an edible powder formed from a starchy and/or fibrous raw material to obtain a processed edible powder. Using the processed edible powder as a raw material in a fried-food coating makes it possible to obtain a fried-food having a desired coating texture that undergoes little deterioration over time, makes excellent crispiness and lightness texture.

Pre-baked, edible product, suitable for being baked to completion in an oven or by using hot air, wherein the pre-baked, edible product comprises a coating layer, and wherein the pre-baked, edible product contains 2.5 to 20.0 wt. % of a glyceride composition, relative to the total weight of the pre-baked, edible product, wherein the glyceride composition comprises at least one lauric fat component and at least one liquid fat component, and wherein the coating layer comprises 75.0 to 100.0 wt. % of a fat composition, elative to the total weight of the coating layer, and wherein the fat composition of the coating layer is characterized by a content of from 35.0 to 80.0 wt. % of saturated fatty acid residues (SAFA) and less than 2.0 wt. % of trans fatty acid residues (TFA).

A taco shell maker for holding tortillas during deep frying. The taco shell maker includes a generally round disk folded to create a body having two half round edges. Two opposing tabs are generally centered on the half round edges. The body is preferably a little larger than the tortillas made into the taco shells, for example ½ inch larger diameter than the tortillas before folding. The tabs are folded outward about 180 degrees to be generally parallel to the body. The tabs may include flared out ends to facilitate sliding an edge of the tortilla between the body and each tab. The taco shell maker further allows frying the taco shell in oil in a typical frying pan, not requiring a deep fryer and using much less oil than a deep fryer. The heat of the oil and pan allows the tortilla to contour to the taco shell maker.

A fryer unit combination includes a frying fluid vat and an associated heat exchange system whereby increased or greater efficiencies and/or heat transfers can be obtained and realized. The heat exchange system includes a first heat exchanger arrangement at least in part disposed within the frying fluid vat and a second heat exchanger arrangement disposed externally to the frying fluid vat. In the first heat exchanger arrangement, a heat exchange tube is in heat flow communication with a combustion chamber wherein an associated gaseous fuel burner is at least in part housed. The second heat exchanger arrangement includes at least a first side heat exchanger disposed externally adjacent the first side of the frying fluid vat. The side heat exchanger(s) may permit intake of an oxygen-containing gas such to preheat the oxygen-containing gas prior to entrance into the combustion chamber.

The present invention concerns a fried product. More specifically, the invention relates to a fried product obtained from a composition comprising flour, yeast, microalgal flour and a drinkable liquid and having a low fat content relative to the standard composition of said fried product.

The invention also relates to the method for producing said fried products.

The present invention addresses the problem of developing a fat-processed starch which is excellent in terms of all of three properties, i.e., “workability during the preparation of a coating material for fries,” “function required of coating materials for fries (adhesion to ingredients)” and “moderate slurry viscosity.” The fat-processed starch of the present invention is produced by a process comprising the steps: adding a fat with which an emulsifying agent has been mixed to a starch having a water content adjusted to 25 to 45 mass %, in an amount of 0.02 to 0.4 mass % in terms of the weight of the fat excluding the emulsifying agent relative to the weight of dry matter of the starch, and mixing the fat and the starch; adjusting the water content of the mixture is 0.2 to 0.5 time that of the starch before the addition of the fat; and aging the starch having the adjusted water content.

Disclosed herein are an extract emulsified oil comprising an antioxidant, in which lecithin and an edible oil are mixed with a molasses extract, an extract of raw sugar-ion resin reclaimed water or an olive leaf extract, a cooking oil containing the same, and a preparation method therefor. According to the present invention, an emulsified oil capable of extending a replacement cycle of a cooking oil by controlling the coloration of the cooking oil upon heating and maintaining a quality of fried food, that is, capable of having excellent thermal stability of undesirable color, and a cooking oil containing the same may be prepared.