18-04-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130095223A1
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for forming frozen foam products, including edible products, using air or gases or gas mixtures having an average molecular weight larger than that of air, wherein the products contain bubbles having a reduced average size preferably in a narrow size range. 1. A method for forming a frozen foamed food product comprising the steps of:(A) introducing a selected gas or gas mixture which is air or is a gas or gas mixture which possesses a larger average molecular weight than air, into a product to be foamed under selected foaming conditions to form a foam product containing bubbles of said gas or gas mixture,(B) in a selected relationship of being concurrent with or subsequent to step (A), chilling said foam product under selected chilling conditions to form a partially frozen foam product; and then(C) increasing the viscosity of said partially frozen foam product by rapidly chilling it, thereby forming a further frozen foam product, and then(D) hardening the further frozen food product by further chilling it under selected further chilling conditions to freeze additional liquid therein, so that the temperature of the product is 0 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, thereby forming a frozen foamed food product,under conditions effective to establish bubbles in said frozen foamed food product having an average bubble size at least 15% smaller than the average bubble size in the hardened product that is formed by introducing solely air as the gas or gas mixture into the identical product to be foamed under the identical selected foaming conditions as in step (A) to form an air foamed product and chilling said air foamed product in the same selected, relationship to step (A) and under the identical selected chilling conditions as in step (B) to form a product which is then hardened under the identical selected further chilling conditions as in step (D).2. The method of wherein in step (C) said partially frozen foam product is chilled at a rate ...
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