Abstract:
A composite bakery product having a core containing an edible capsule whose external surface includes at least one flat area, the edible capsule being coated by a sheath over its entire surface except for one flat area thereof is disclosed. The edible capsule encloses a liquid food and is impermeable to it, and the sheath is made of a shortbread biscuit. The edible capsule is made of chocolate, chocolate substitutes, cocoa butter or other edible fat and the liquid food may be a beverage, optionally sweetened, such as for example coffee, chocolate, coffee with milk, cappuccino, coffee substitutes or fruit juice.
Abstract:
A process for the production of a nest-shaped food product containing strips of a dried vegetable, preferably a garden vegetable, storable at room temperature for at least 7 days is disclosed. The process involves providing at least one fresh vegetable which has been previously washed, cutting the vegetable into strips, feeding the vegetable strips in metered amounts into a perforated mold, subjecting the strips to a stabilization heat treatment by means of saturated steam, drying the thermally stabilized strips by means of a flow of hot air so as to obtain a nest containing dried strips of vegetable with a moisture content of between 8% and 16% by weight of their total weight. The invention also concerns a nest-shaped food product which is obtained by means of the process and which may optionally contain strips of durum wheat semolina pasta.
Abstract:
Dried pasta in the form of a tortiglione, i.e. shaped as a hollow cylindrical tube, having an outer diameter of between 8 and 14 mm and having on its outer surface a plurality of ridges or ribs oriented in the manner of a helix with an angle of inclination of between 40° and 58°; these tortiglioni have organoleptic and structural characteristics, in particular a consistency or texture, superior to those of conventional tortiglioni which have ridges or ribs oriented in the manner of a helix with an angle of inclination of about 35°.
Abstract:
Flexible packaging (1) of the bag type for loosely packaged perishable food products, comprising: a front wall (2) and a rear wall (3) situated opposite each other, defining on the upper part a closing fin (4) and laterally connected together by two gusset walls (5); and a reclosing device comprising a first planar portion (12) and a second planar portion (13) fixed to the front wall (2) and to the rear wall (3) respectively and equipped with means (7; 8) for mutual connection in an overlapped configuration; wherein, in a shelf configuration, said package (1) has the closing fin (4) folded over on top of said rear wall (3), the first planar portion (12) and the second planar portion (13) of the reclosing device being arranged side-by-side and integrated in a planar insert (10) which can be broken along a separation line (1) between said first portion (12) and said second portion (13).
Abstract:
Process for the production of a soft pastry bakery product in the form of an oblong bread roll, filled with a chocolate layer in the form of slab is disclosed. The steps include providing a semifinished product in the form of an oblong bread roll, obtained from a flour-based dough, leavened with natural yeast, followed by a baking step and then by a step of injecting a hydro-alcoholic solution so as to obtain a bakery product with a controlled moisture content. Thereafter a longitudinal cut on the bakery product is made so as to obtain a lower portion and an upper portion. A layer of melted chocolate is deposited on the upper surface of the lower portion. Also described is a snack obtained by means of the process.
Abstract:
A soft wheat flour containing bran, wherein the bran has a total fiber content comprised between 20 and 30% and a protein content comprised between 12.0 and 18.0% (% in weight of the total weight of the bran); such flour preferably has a bran content comprised between 5 and 30% and is produced by a process which comprises the process phases of a) subjecting soft wheat caryopses (101) to successive process phases involving abrasion in order to substantially remove the bran coating, thereby obtaining various bran fractions, the latter of which (D) originates from the removal of the aleurone, nucellar and testa layers; b) adding the latter bran fraction (D) to a soft wheat flour (F) substantially free of bran in a quantity such as to obtain a flour (C) containing from 5 to 30% of the total mixture weight of bran fraction (D); the invention furthermore refers to a soft wheat flour bakery product containing bran, wherein the bran has a total fiber content comprised between 20 and 30% and a protein content comprised between 12.0 and 18.0% (% in weight of the total weight of the bran), as well as to the use of a soft wheat bran fraction essentially containing the layers of the starting caryopses (101) consisting of the aleurone (105), nucellar (104) and testa (103) layers in the production of whole grain bakery products.
Abstract:
Packaged frozen ready-made meal including a flared receptacle made of a rigid material permeable to microwaves, containing a first frozen food component at the bottom, a second frozen food component having a substantially plate-like shape, having a substantially fluid consistency at a temperature above 0° C., and a closure element, wherein the second frozen food component having a substantially plate-like shape is engaged in the manner of a plug with the internal wall of the receptacle, spaced apart from the first frozen food component.
Abstract:
One embodiment includes a package system containing a main container with a smaller container nested in it. The smaller container is filled with a secondary food item designed to be mixed into the primary food item. The smaller container is placed within the main container. The area of the main container not occupied by the smaller container includes a main food item. Both containers are sealed with one film. Before consumption, a consumer will place the package in a microwave to heat. Once heated, the smaller container is removed from the main container, creating space in the main container previously occupied by the smaller container. The main food item in the main container will re-position creating space between the top of the main food item to the edge of the main container. The secondary item can be added into the main container without overflowing out of the main container.
Abstract:
A sterilised ready-meal food package comprising: a main container, defining a main volume and having a first opening at the upper part; a main food product held inside at least part of such main volume; at least one secondary container defining a secondary volume and having a second opening at the upper part; at least one secondary food product held inside at least part of the secondary volume; removable covering means arranged to occlude the first and the second opening. The main and secondary food products occupy at least 80% of the free volume available therefor; furthermore, the secondary container is associated in a removable manner inside the main container, in such a manner to occupy part of the main volume and reduce the free volume available for the main food product to a portion of the main volume. The finding also comprises a method for preparing the ready-meal food package.