METHOD OF PRODUCING POPCORN PRODUCT FROM CORN Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A23L7/17 A21C11/16 A21C11/20 A23P30/34 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food industry, namely to a method for synthesizing a expanded and expanded popcorn product from corn cereals. Preliminary processing of corn kernels/corn kernels and their grinding with obtaining corn groats, containing corn particles of various sizes. Add the corn groats to the cylinder/chamber in the extruder through the feeder. Add water to the cylinder/chamber in the extruder through a feeder to produce paste from corn groats. Grind and mix paste from the corn groats in the cylinder/chamber by means of a twin-screw mechanism in the extruder, while the twin-screw mechanism is a twin-screw mechanism such as a hammer mill. Cook pasta from corn cereal at a given temperature and set pressure mode to produce cooked corn cereals, wherein a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure regime are created by a twin-screw mechanism, temperature is monitored and adjusted in the cylinder/chamber in the extruder. Move the cooked corn groats to the end of the extruder with the spiral motion of the twin-screw mechanism. Extrude the cooked corn croup from the cylinder/chamber in the extruder at a predetermined pressure through the openings for forming to produce a popcorn product, wherein the cooked corn croup is extruded from the molding holes to form an irregular shape. Welded corn groats are irregularly cut into pieces of the required length to produce a popcorn product. Chopped corn/popcorn product is cooled and dried on a vibratory separation system or sieve. Temperature in the cylinder/chamber in the extruder is controlled by the circulation of hot water from the outside of the cylinder/chamber in the extruder. Hot water circulates from the outside of the cylinder/chamber in the extruder to create the temperature for cooking corn groats in the chamber/cylinder in the extruder. Corn grains contain corn particles of various sizes, corn particles having a particle size of more than 1000 mcm are present in a concentration of 5 % in a weight ratio, particles of maize with a particle size of 500–1000 mcm are present in a concentration of 45–50 % in a weight ratio, particles of maize with a particle size of 250–500 mcm are present in a concentration of 25–30 % in a weight ratio and corn particles with a particle size of less than 250 mcm are present in a concentration of 25 % in a weight ratio.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to obtain popcorn without the formation of burnt spots and to prevent further cooking immediately after the end of the maize blasting without the formation of deposits on the exploded corn.

5 cl, 5 dwg