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Article: Canadian Inventor Develops Puffed Food Starch Product
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 18, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- Jacque L. Malfait of Cobourg, Canada, has developed a puffed food starch product and a method for making the same.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a method of making a puffed-food starch material snack, in particular starch material from grains, having an improved crispy texture and a more aesthetic appearance. The products may be snack chips, cakes, crackers or the like, made from food starch material. Preferably, the starch material is provided primarily in the form of individual kernels or pellets of a cereal grain, such as rice, corn, wheat, rye, oats, millet, sorghum, barley, buckwheat, or mixtures ...