Method for Preparing a Food Product and a Pack Containing Frozen or Chilled Semi-Finished Food Product

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APP PUB NO 20080118610A1
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11666797

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A method is provided to prepare a food product with a favorable nutritional composition that is easy to prepare and can suitably be used in for example fast food outlets. Cooked patties are stored in packaging at a temperature below 10.degree. C. The cooked patties have a moisture content of 70-90 wt % and a fat content of 1-15 wt %. They comprise gelled protein and vegetable particles, and they comprise protein and carbohydrate in a weight ratio of at least 1.5:1. In the method a patty is separated from the packaging and taken from the storage and is subsequently subjected to a dry heat treatment to raise the temperature of the interior of the patty to above 40.degree. C. Also provided is a pack containing frozen semi-finished food product suitable for use in the present method. The pack comprises cooked patties with a moisture content of 70-90 wt % and a fat content of 1-15 wt %, which comprise gelled protein and vegetable particles, which comprise protein and carbohydrate in a weight ratio of at least 1.5:1 and which have an interior temperature of less than -4.degree. C.

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CONOPCO INC D//B/A UNILEVER800 SYLVAN AVENUE AG WEST S WING ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bodor, Janos Rijswijk, NL 32 358
Petten, Arjan Utrecht, NL 1 0

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