Abstract: A process for the production of short cooking time rice is characterized by that hulled rice of at least 10% moisture content, if required in packaging suitable for ready cooking, is heat treated for 1 to 30 minutes continuously or interrupted by equal or alternating capacity microwave radiation, to reach maximum 130° C. An apparatus for the production of short cooking time rice has a microwave furnace with a tunnel made from a suitable material, wherein the rice packed into packages is movable within the tunnel by a conveyor. Regarding the easy and short process, a remarkable energy saving is possible.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 10, 2012
Assignees:
Linn High Therm GmbH, Alfoldi Malomipari RT.
Inventors:
Horst Linn, Andras Vass, Ivanne Pallai, Gyula Fazekas, Janos Kovacs, Istvan Edes
Abstract: A process for the production of short cooking time rice is characterized by that hulled rice of at least 10% moisture content, if required in packaging suitable for ready cooking, is heat treated for 1 to 30 minutes continuously or interrupted by equal or alternating capacity microwave radiation, to reach maximum 130° C. An apparatus for the production of short cooking time rice comprises a microwave furnace with a tunnel made from a suitable material, wherein the rice packed into packages is movable within the tunnel by a conveyor. Regarding the easy and short process, a remarkable energy safing is possible.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 24, 2009
Publication date:
August 20, 2009
Applicants:
Linn High Therm GmbH, Alfoldi Malomipari Rt.
Inventors:
Horst Linn, Andras Vass, Ivanne Pallai, Gyula Fazekas, Janos Kovacs, Istvan Edes