DE202005016733U1 - Mixture useful for preparing french fries, comprises potato granulates, powder, flakes, vegetables (e.g. carrot and pumpkin), fruits (e.g. apple and banana), and grain (e.g. millet) granulates - Google Patents

Abstract

Mixture (A), for preparing french fries (I), comprises potato granulates, -powder and/or -flakes and a vegetable- and/or fruit- and/or grain granulates, -powder and/or -flakes. An independent claim is also included for (I), prepared from (A).

Description

dried or frozen potato products such as potato granules, potato powder or potato flakes are already known. Such products are output for the production of various potato products such as Mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, chips or French fries.

The starting materials vary in their content of liquid. Numerous starting products for the production of potato-containing foods are doughs ( US 6,521,281 . US 6,287,622 and US 6,808,734 ). In order to store these products for a longer period, they must be kept cool, that is at least + 4 ° C, better at -18 ° C. It is important to ensure that the cold chain is not interrupted during transport and storage in order to prevent spoilage of the dough.

Alternatively, the production of dry powders is known, which serve after the addition of liquid for the production of potato products. In addition to potatoes, fruits and vegetables can also be dried ( US 6,706,298 and US 6,696,095 ). Mixtures of the various dry products are not known.

WO 02/089601 A1 (US Pat. US 6,855,355 ) discloses frozen french fries that contain coloring and flavoring. Such substances are, for example, xanthines, pyrazolones, triphenylmethane and indigo dyes. In addition, these potato products contain artificial and natural sweeteners. The described flavors are, for example, cinnamon, chocolate, sour cream or chives.

Of the Invention is now based on the object, a starting product for Production of potato products, especially french fries too create, characterized by a high nutritional value, an appetizing appearance and stand out from the well-known products and especially good taste characterized by long durability.

These The object is achieved by a mixture comprising a potato granulate, powder and / or flakes and a vegetable and / or fruit and / or Cereal granules, powder and / or flakes for the manufacture of French fries solved. The subject of the dependent claims is on special embodiments directed the subject of claim 1.

Of the particular advantage of the present invention lies in the long Durability of the claimed mixtures, without requiring complex cooling is. At the same time, surprisingly shown that in vegetables, Fruit or cereal contained radical scavengers (antioxidants) that to the group of carotenoids, isoflavones, flavones and the like belong, also preserved in the finished product.

Free Radicals are atoms, molecules or ions having one or more unpaired electrons. They prefer to react with the large organic molecules of the Cell and make this functionless. Only an even number of Electron promises a stable chemical state, so that a unpaired electron high responsiveness to others molecules causes and initiates a chain reaction in the cell. First the presence of a radical scavenger ends this chain reaction. Radical scavengers take the unpaired electron of the radical without developing radical action itself. On in this way, important cell organic compounds become involved further destruction protected.

The present mixture can now be any kind of vegetables and / or fruit and / or Contain cereals. vegetables is a collective term for edible parts of plants herbaceous, wild-growing or cultured Plants. Unlike plants or parts of plants, mainly because of their storage materials (carbohydrates, protein and fats) are used and therefore the basic food in our diet represent vegetables as complementary foods mainly because of its content of vitamins, mineral salts, extra substances and essential oils consumed and also has a tasty and appetizing effect. The vegetables will subdivided into used plant parts, namely root, tuber, stems, leaf, Blossoms, Onion, fruit or pod.

Of the The term fruit is usually associated with colloquial speech used with fruit. Contains fruit especially many vitamins, fiber, fruit acids, fructose and Part tannins and amphetamines. In the botanical sense one understands under the term fruit the totality of the organs, which consist of one Flowering emerge, which enclose the seeds until they mature. Common are vegetables and fruit not to separate clearly from each other, so pumpkin, pepper, cucumber or zucchini are not only vegetables but also fruit.

Grains form the food base of much of humanity. Cereals in the narrower sense are cultivated forms of grasses. These include barley, oats, millet, corn, rice, wheat or rye. In addition, there is so-called pseudo-grain, which is used similar to the actual grain, botanically speaking but no grasses represents. Most of them are also very rich in starch and minerals. One very important difference is that they do not have Gluten, which is why they are not suitable for baking bread, apart from flatbread. Important species are amaranth, buckwheat or bado.

In a preferred embodiment comprises the mixture according to the invention vegetables like tomato, carrot, cucumber, soy, pumpkin and / or paprika and / or fruit like apple, banana and / or buckwheat and / or cereals like corn, Millet and / or spelled. Vegetables, fruits and cereals have in common that they contain radical scavengers. The mixture according to the invention contains thus dependent on added vegetables and / or the added fruit and / or the added cereal one or more radical scavengers. Particularly well-known radical scavengers are, for example, β-carotene, Lutein, lycopene, genistein and rutin.

Such radical scavengers belong often to the group secondary Plant substances exclusively occur in plants and produced in the course of secondary metabolism become. They are used, among other things as antibodies against pests and Diseases, as growth regulators and as dyes. β-carotene is the best known carotenoid and comes in almost all orange Fruits and vegetables in front. Another important carotenoid is lycopene. It lends for example, the tomatoes the red color. Lycopene is beta-carotene but has no vitamin A effect. That's his Property as a protective substance against free radicals much more pronounced (approx ten times compared to β-carotene). Lycopene belongs the strongest natural Antioxidant substances. Both β-carotene as well as lycopene are characterized by their high heat stability, only 8-10% the existing structure is changed at high temperatures. lutein belongs like the two latter substances also to the carotenoids, however, to the subgroup of xanthophylls.

genistein is a phytoestrogen from the group of isoflavones, which together with genistin in the Soybean occurs. Isoflavones are antioxidants that are positive Effect in the treatment of cancer, in the treatment of osteoporosis as well as coronary heart disease.

One Another antioxidant from the group of flavones is the rutin, the in buckwheat. Another name for Rutin is vitamin P because it is considered a non-essential vitamin.

by virtue of in vegetables, fruits and cereal contained radical scavengers, lowers a high vegetable and Fruit consumption reduces the risk of degenerative diseases. This protective effect is particularly attributed to carotenoids, isoflavones and flavones. The vegetable consumption is known low. Particularly advantageous in the present invention, that value-adding ingredients like the one above a lot and eaten foods like potato products in particular French fries are added.

potatoes themselves have a high nutrient density and are rich in important primary nutrients. she however, usually contain few or no carotenoids. To fortify potatoes with carotenoids, for example, were already genetically modified Developed potatoes that can express carotenoids and who bred in a field trial become. Here, however, the reservations of consumers are high.

In the present inventive mixture All these advantages are combined without losing the genetic make-up of a plant intervene. In addition, the proportion of radical scavengers is variable, depending on the added amount of vegetables, Fruit and / or cereals. The mixtures preferably vary in their proportions of potato to vegetables, fruit and / or cereals. The proportion of potato granules, powder and / or flakes can for example 10-95%, preferably 30-90%, more preferably 50-90% and in particular preferably 90%. The higher the proportion of vegetables and / or fruit and / or cereals, the higher the concentration of Radical scavengers.

moreover show the different radical scavengers different properties, by selecting and combining vegetables, fruit and / or cereals be determined.

The radical scavengers are not just in the mix for making fries, but also detectable in the final product. The concentration of radical scavengers in the End product varies depending on the type of radical scavenger used) and the initial concentration in the mix. For example, 30-100%, preferably 50-90%, remain particularly preferably 60-80% and in particular preferably 70-80% the initial concentration of radical scavengers in the mixture in the final product receive.

One Another advantage of the present invention is that the End products which are produced from the mixture according to the invention, in conjunction with fat or fat-like Substances are completed. For example, French fries Mostly baked in a deep fryer. Radical scavengers such as carotenoids, isoflavones and flavones are lipophilic compounds, which are therefore particularly special dissolve well in fat. This will be the radical scavengers in fatty potato products such as french fries especially easily absorbed by the organism.

The Mixtures continue to vary in their content of liquid. The mixtures contain, for example, a proportion of liquid based on the total weight of 0.05-50%, preferably 1-40%, especially preferably 5-30%, in particular preferably 8-12%. The proportion of liquid is achieved by removal of liquid from the potatoes, the vegetables, the fruits and / or the cereal by known methods. In addition, preferably Dry powder added to the desired amount of liquid to reach. Alternatively, it becomes liquid added to a dry mix. Those contained in the mixtures or added liquids include all types of fluids such as water and / or broth and / or juice.

The Invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following embodiments.

example 1

A Consisting of dry mixture with a proportion of liquid of 0.1% from potato powder and carrot powder, the proportion of potato powder 90%, is added water until a dough mixture for production produced by French fries. The dough mixture becomes French fries shaped for a few minutes in hot Be given fat and then ready to eat. The concentration at β-carotene is in this case 13.3 μg / g Pommes Fries and at Luthein 3.4 μg / g French fries.

Example 2

For the production of chips is a mixture of potato flakes and buckwheat granules used, with the proportion of potato flakes 80%. The proportion of liquid, which is a vegetable broth, is 20%, so that there is a dough mixture. After completion fries fried for 30 seconds is the concentration to Rutin 20.5 μg / g Pommes Fries.

Example 3

fries Fries made from a mixture consisting of potato granules and soy flakes with a potato content of 60% and a liquid content of 8% have a genistein concentration of 8.5 μg / g fries Fries up. The french fries were to be completed 5 minutes heated on a pan.

Example 4

at Use of a mixture consisting of potato powder, tomato powder as well as corn flakes for the production of French fries is in the final product a concentration of 23.8 μg Lycopene / g of french fries and of 5.4 μg of α-tocopherol / g of french fries detectable. To the dry mix with a liquid content of 10% is Meatsoup added so that a dough mixture is formed. The French fries from a dough mix with 90% potato content will be 2 minutes baked.

Claims (8)

Compound for making french fries a potato granules, powder and / or flakes and a vegetable and / or a fruit and / or grain granules, powder and / or flakes. Mixture according to claim 1, wherein the vegetables are tomato, Carrot, cucumber, soy, pumpkin and / or paprika is and / or the fruit is apple, banana and / or buckwheat is and / or the grain is corn, millet and / or spelled. Mixture according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the mixture dependent from the added vegetables and / or the added fruit and / or the added cereal one or more radical scavengers contains. Mixture according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the radical scavenger β-carotene, Lutein, lycopene, genistein and / or rutin. Mixture according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the proportion potato granules, powder and / or flakes 10% to 95%, preferably 30% to 90%, more preferably 50% to 90%, further especially preferably 90%. Mixture according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the mixture a proportion of liquid from 0.05% to 50%, preferably 1% to 40%, most preferably 5% to 30%, more preferably 8% to 12%. Mixture according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the liquid Water and / or broth and / or Juice is. French fries made from a mixture of one of the claims 1 to 7.