Method for smoking a farinaceous food. A first step comprises burning wood to produce smoke at a first location in a first space. A second step comprises conveying the smoke to a second location in a second space. A third step comprises providing fluid communication between a food in the second space and the smoke in the first space to provide a smoked food.

The present invention refers to a snack of the potato chips type, comprising at least one starchy material and macroparticles of at least one vegetable material, preferably selected among vegetables and fruits, wherein at least part of said macroparticles is visible to the naked eye and wherein said macroparticles are dispersed in said starchy material. The present invention further refers to a process for producing a snack, and to an unexpanded gelatinized product (pellet).

A vegetable- and/or fruit-containing snack food, the snack food comprising a sheet having a thickness of from 1 to 8 mm, the sheet comprising a rigid starch matrix comprising potato starch and a plurality of individual pieces of vegetable and/or fruit randomly distributed throughout the matrix, wherein at least 50% by number of the pieces have a minimum dimension of at least 0.75 mm and a maximum dimension of up to 7 mm, wherein the matrix defines therein a first cellular structure of first cellular pores having a first pore size distribution and the pieces define therein a second cellular structure of second cellular pores having a second pore size distribution, at least some of the second cellular pores are defined by polysaccharide cell walls of the respective vegetable and/or fruit, and the first pore size distribution has a larger number-average pore size and a wider distribution than the second pore size distribution. A method of manufacture is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to an extruded French-fry-like food product in the shape of a stick, with improved technological features when the food is subject to frying, obtaining a low-fat French-fry-like food as an end product. The invention also relate to a method for preparing the French-fry-like extruded food product.

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.

A blowout suppressing agent for a deep fried food includes a component A satisfying conditions of (1) to (4) below: (1) a starch content is equal to or more than 75% by mass; (2) equal to or more than 3% by mass and equal to or less than 45% by mass of molecular weight-reduced starch of starch having an amylose content of equal to or more than 5% by mass is contained, where the molecular weight-reduced starch has a peak molecular weight of equal to or more than 3×10.sup.3 and equal to or less than 5×10.sup.4, (3) a degree of swelling in cold water at 25° C. is equal to or more than 5 and equal to or less than 20, and (4) a content on a sieve having a mesh size of 0.075 mm and under a sieve having a mesh size of 0.5 mm is equal to or more than 30% by mass and equal to or less than 100% by mass.

The present disclosure relates to a method of isolating a yeast strain that is able to degrade L-asparagine under non-inducing conditions comprising repeated cycles of adaptive evolution and mutagenesis followed by strain selection. Also included are yeast strains obtained by the method, and methods and uses thereof for reducing asparagine, and thus acrylamide, during food preparation and processing.

Chips infused with meat are produced according to the disclosed method. The method includes preparing a dough mixture by mixing at least one of a grain component and a vegetable component with water in a mixer and transporting the dough mixture from the mixer into an extruder. In the extruder, a ground meat product is introduced into the dough mixture to form a meat-infused dough mixture which is then extruded and cooked to make the chips. Typically, after extrusion, the meat-infused dough mixture will be cut and fried.

The present invention relates to a dry mix for the preparation of a potato-based dough or batter, comprising dehydrated potato, starch, protein and optionally amylopectin and a sugar. The dehydrated potato is in the form of flakes or granules and constitutes more than 50% of the dry mix, preferably at least 95%. The invention further relates to a batter and a dough prepared from the dry mix and for use in the preparation of a food product such as churros, fritters, waffles, donuts, beignets, empanadas, quesadillas, pancakes, crpes, blinis, pizzas, flatbread, steamed buns, roti, chapatti, tortillas, parathas, flammkuchen, muffins, scones, filled pockets, filled sticks, finger food, dumplings.

A method of making a snack food in the form of snack food chips, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing at least one pre-processed vegetable material, the pre-processed vegetable material including at least one bioactive component which comprises a polyphenol or a glucosinolate or a mixture of any two or more thereof, wherein the at least one pre-processed vegetable material is in a freeze-dried form, in an individually quick frozen (IQF) form, in a defrosted, chilled or fresh comminuted form and/or in a defrosted, chilled or fresh pulp form; b. incorporating the at least one pre-processed vegetable material into a dough, wherein the dough is a potato-based dough, and wherein the dough forms individual dough sheet portions, and the snack food is in the form of snack food chips; c. cooking the dough sheet portions to form a cooked snack food in the form of snack food chips, the cooked snack food having a moisture content after the cooking step of from 5 to 25 wt % based on the weight of the cooked snack food, wherein the cooking comprises baking, microwave cooking, infrared cooking or radio frequency (RF) cooking; and d. drying the cooked snack food to form a dried snack food which has a moisture content after the drying step of from 1 to 4 wt %, based on the weight of the dried cooked snack food.