METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SNACK PRODUCT LIKE CURD CHIPS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A23C23/00 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to dairy industry and, in particular, refers to a method for production of a snack product like curd chips. Preliminarily curded milk mass is rolled into a flat cake and dried at a temperature of 40°C-60°C till residual moisture content in the product is 1%-1.8%. A flavouring layer is applied on the flat cake prior to drying termination. A layer-cake is formed of flat cakes, moisturised by way of pouring with baked milk for 15-20 minutes. One removes moisture from the moisturised cake under the action of pressure and dries the cake at a temperature of 35°C-40°C till the cake mass transition into a doughy condition. Then the layer-cake is cut into separate products and finally dried at a temperature of 45°C-70°C for complete drying with the products acquiring chips like crispness.

EFFECT: invention allows to enhance quality of the product, extend its storage life without special conditions and exclude the possibility of useful properties loss due to elimination of destruction of most of enzymes and amino acids in the process of the product manufacture.

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