An apparatus for separating a ribbon of uncooked embossed dough into separated pieces patterned/shaped like the embossed pattern. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced apart rollers for receiving a ribbon of dough there between. One of rollers has a pattern embossed on its surface to emboss the ribbon of dough with the pattern. The surface embossing and the spacing between the rollers maintains the structural integrity of the embossed ribbon of dough. The apparatus has a two spaced apart rotating arms to receive the embossed dough ribbon there between. A plurality of spaced apart fingers extend outward along the length of each of the arms and are configured to tear the dough, without sticking, into dough pieces reflecting shapes embossed in the dough ribbon. The dough pieces can be dried, and patterned shaped pieces are separated out for expansion to three dimensions by cooking.

The invention relates to method and a device for preparing a carbohydrate and/or protein product by subjecting a carbohydrate and/or protein to a heat treatment after a few ingredients have been added.

The invention relates to method and a device for preparing a carbohydrate and/or protein product by subjecting a carbohydrate and/or protein to a heat treatment after a few ingredients have been added.

Popcorn machines and associated methods of manufacture and use are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a popcorn machine includes a housing, and a corn mover and a trough positioned within the housing. The corn mover is rotatably mounted within the trough, and the trough can be fixed relative to the housing. The popcorn machine can further comprise a heat source and an air mover positioned within the housing. In operation, the air mover is configured to direct heated air from the heat source toward corn kernels moved through the trough by the corn mover.

An object of the present invention is to provide a konnyaku product in which scum causing smell and unpleasant taste is effectively reduced and that does not require a pretreatment for removing them, a production method therefor, and an alkaline coagulant suitable for the production of such a konnyaku. The object can be achieved by using, as an alkaline coagulant for konnyaku production, an alkaline solution containing non-reducing sugar, calcium hydroxide as an alkaline component for coagulation, and water, in which the non-reducing sugar and the calcium hydroxide are dissolved in the water.

An object of the present invention is to provide a konnyaku product in which scum causing smell and unpleasant taste is effectively reduced and that does not require a pretreatment for removing them, a production method therefor, and an alkaline coagulant suitable for the production of such a konnyaku. The object can be achieved by using, as an alkaline coagulant for konnyaku production, an alkaline solution containing non-reducing sugar, calcium hydroxide as an alkaline component for coagulation, and water, in which the non-reducing sugar and the calcium hydroxide are dissolved in the water.

Provided is an instant food product comprising puffed dried rice eatable with a thick and rich sauce, such as curried rice or rice with hashed meat, wherein the instant food product can be cooked even in the outdoors or indoors without a microwave oven so as to be eatable.

The present invention provides an instant food product comprising puffed dried rice eatable by pouring hot water, wherein the puffed dried rice is directly stored in a container together with a solid seasoning. The puffed dried rice has a bulk specific gravity of 0.43 to 0.53 g/ml and a final moisture content of 5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less.

Embodiments herein relate to high protein, ready-to-eat breakfast flakes. In an embodiment, a method of making high protein flakes is included. The method can include forming an ingredient mixture comprising wheat gluten, wheat protein isolate, and pea protein concentrate, amongst other ingredients. The method can also include extruding the ingredient mixture to produce extruded pellets and flaking the extruded pellets to produce wet flakes. In an embodiment, a high protein flaked food product is included herein. The high protein flaked food product can include a plurality of high protein flakes. The high protein flakes can include wheat gluten, wheat protein isolate, and pea protein concentrate, amongst other ingredients. The high protein flakes have an average protein content of at least 50% by weight or higher. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Embodiments herein relate to high protein, ready-to-eat breakfast flakes. In an embodiment, a method of making high protein flakes is included. The method can include forming an ingredient mixture comprising wheat gluten, wheat protein isolate, and pea protein concentrate, amongst other ingredients. The method can also include extruding the ingredient mixture to produce extruded pellets and flaking the extruded pellets to produce wet flakes. In an embodiment, a high protein flaked food product is included herein. The high protein flaked food product can include a plurality of high protein flakes. The high protein flakes can include wheat gluten, wheat protein isolate, and pea protein concentrate, amongst other ingredients. The high protein flakes have an average protein content of at least 50% by weight or higher. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A bulk material processing system and method for operation of such a system is provided. In one example, the bulk material processing system may include a conveyor assembly including, a conveyor with a conveyor surface supporting a plurality of constituents of the bulk material received from a bulk material source and a motor configured to generate conveyor movement. The bulk material processing system also includes a heating assembly including a first heater configured to generate heat at a first heating zone on the conveyor surface, and a coating application assembly including a first coating source configured to provide a first liquid coating to a first spray nozzle configured to spray the first liquid coating onto a portion of the plurality of constituents of the bulk material in the first heating zone while the first heater is activated.