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Article: California Inventor Develops Puffed Food Starch Material Snack
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Jacque L. Malfait of Cobourg, Calif., has developed puffed-rice snacks with improved crispiness, and appealing visual and physical texture, and processes of preparing such snacks.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes puffed food starch material snack, in particular starch material from grains, having an improved crispy texture and a more aesthetic appearance and methods for preparing them. In general terms, the products are snack chips, cakes, crackers or the like, made from food starch material."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "Preferably, the starch material is provided ...