Bows, John Richard,Bailey, Richard Andrew,Herbert, Oliver
申请号：
AU2015205999
公开号：
AU2015205999A1
申请日:
2015.01.15
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A method of making snack foods, the method comprising the steps of: a cooking step comprising microwave cooking a plurality of snack food slices to provide cooked snack food slices having an average moisture content of from 10 to 20 wt% based on the total weight of the snack food slices, the plurality of snack food slices being disposed in a layer having a first thickness during the microwave cooking a stacking step of disposing the cooked snack food slices as a loosely packed bed having a second thickness of from 5 to 20 mm which is greater than the first thickness a drying step comprising applying multimode microwave energy to the bed for a period of from 30 to 180 seconds to reduce the moisture content of the dried snack food slices to an average of from 6 to 8 wt% based on the total weight of the snack food slices while maintaining the temperature of the bed to a value below 100°C which is lower than a glass transition temperature of starch in the snack food slices and finish drying the snack food slices in a hot air dryer to reduce the moisture content of the snack food slices to an average of from 1 to 2 wt% based on the total weight of the snack food slices.
