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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
  • A23B7/00—Preservation of fruit or vegetables; Chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
  • A23B7/00—Preservation of fruit or vegetables; Chemical ripening of fruit or vegetables
  • A23B7/14—Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by group A23B7/08 or A23B7/10
  • A23B7/153—Preserving or ripening with chemicals not covered by group A23B7/08 or A23B7/10 in the form of liquids or solids
  • A23B7/157—Inorganic compounds
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
  • A23L19/00—Products from fruits or vegetables; Preparation or treatment thereof
  • A23L19/10—Products from fruits or vegetables; Preparation or treatment thereof of tuberous or like starch containing root crops
  • A23L19/12—Products from fruits or vegetables; Preparation or treatment thereof of tuberous or like starch containing root crops of potatoes
  • A23L19/18—Roasted or fried products, e.g. snacks or chips
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
  • A23L5/00—Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
  • A23L5/20—Removal of unwanted matter, e.g. deodorisation or detoxification
  • A23L5/27—Removal of unwanted matter, e.g. deodorisation or detoxification by chemical treatment, by adsorption or by absorption
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF
  • A23L5/00—Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in general; Food or foodstuffs obtained thereby; Materials therefor
  • A23L5/40—Colouring or decolouring of foods
  • A23L5/41—Retaining or modifying natural colour by use of additives, e.g. optical brighteners
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23V—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION
  • A23V2002/00—Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs

Definitions

• This invention relates to a process for preventing or reducing after-cooking darkening in par-fried potato food products.
• U.S. Pat. No. 2,893,878 discloses treatment of potatoes with calcium chloride to inhibit browning of raw potatoes
• U.S. Pat. 2,894,843 discloses the treatment of freshly peeled potatoes with calcium sulfite to inhibit discoloration of the raw vegetable
• U.S. Pat. No. 2,987,401 discloses treatment of peeled potatoes with calcium phytate to inhibit discoloration of the raw potato
• U.S. Pat. No. 3,051,578 discloses the treatment of potatoes with EDTA and salts thereof, including calcium, for preventing greening in unpeeled potatoes
• 3,063,849 discloses the production of dehydrated cooked potatoes by precooking potato slabs in water containing calcium ions;
• U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,818,549 and 4,911,940 disclose treating apple cubes with a solution containing calcium chloride.
• U.S. Pat. No. 2,212,461 discloses the preparation of French fried potatoes in which the potato food products are soaked for a prolonged period prior to cooking in a solution of acetic acid to avoid a non-uniform color and burnt taste arising from high sugar levels.
• US 5,391,384 the procedure of dipping blanched potato food products in calcium acetate solution in order to control after-cooking darkening of French fries is disclosed.
• the use of calcium acetate in combination with the commonly used SAPP leads to precipitation of solid materials.
• US 2004/022900 relates to a batter coating and to the preparation of potato pieces, such as French fries
• the process makes use of blanching potato pieces that may be dipped into a food preparation solution containing one or more of sodium acid pyrophosphate, dextrose, salt, or color, after which the pieces are coated with the batter, which contains calcium lactate.
• the calcium lactate is added to the batter to control or improve color. Lactic acid is not used.
• antioxidants such as sulfites are used to prevent darkening of the products. Sulfites are allergenic and suspected to be harmful to the human body.
• the present invention is directed towards a novel process for reducing or preventing after-cooking darkening in par-fried potato food products, without having the disadvantages of prior art methods, having a better performance without the occurrence of precipitation, and preferably having additional advantages which have become important the last years in food processing.
• a process for preventing or reducing after-cooking darkening in par-fried potato food products comprising forming treated potato food products by contacting blanched potato food products with a composition comprising lactic acid.
• the lactic acid is present in at least 0.3 wt . %, preferably at least 0.6 wt% of the composition.
• lactic acid is able to effectively prevent discoloration and darkening of par-fried potato food, which includes French fries, sliced potato, scalloped potatoes, au gratin potatoes, and the like.
• This invention can also be applied in the production of potato-derived products such as potato granules, potato flakes, potato protein products, and potato starch.
• the composition includes calcium ions in addition to the lactic acid.
• the addition of lactic acid has a further advantage of preventing or at lest reducing the forming of acrylamide, which is a toxic compound that is easily formed during heating of potato products.
• the calcium ion is added in the form of calcium lactate.
• a composition is used to treat potato food products.
• Such composition may apart from lactic acid further comprise another material or a mixture of materials fulfilling both the requirements of complexing chlorogenic acid and inhibiting oxidation, or may be a combination of materials each fulfilling one of the requirements.
• the composition used preferably comprises calcium lactate in a 0.1 to 3 wt% aqueous solution, more preferably 0.4 to 0.8 wt% .
• the calcium lactate may advantageously be employed at a pK of about 3.5 or lower. Best results are obtained at pH lower than 3. This solution is used to contact the potato food products for about 30 to 180 seconds. According to this procedure the lactic acid, and if present the calcium lactate, fulfill both the requirement of complexing chlorogenic acid and inhibiting oxidation.
• the lactic acid prevents the chlorogenic acid to be in the ionic form, whereas calcium ion complexes the chlorogenic acid and the lactate ion inhibits oxidation of the ferrous ion.
• the process may include using a combination of 0.1 to 5 wt% lactic acid, preferably 0.3 to 1.5 wt%, 0 to 3 wt% calcium lactate with about 0.1 to 1 wt % disodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP) . It is current commercial practice for reducing after-cooking darkening in French fries to use 0.3 to 0.8 wt% SAPP solution. This invention permits a lower concentration of SAPP to be used or complete elimination thereof in order to eliminate negative taste effects and to eliminate detrimental effects to the environment. Lactic acid and calcium lactate being a natural and a non environmentally damaging product while achieving an at least satisfactory or improved prevention of after-cooking darkening.
• the potatoes were sliced and kept in water until use.
• the potatoes were blanched for 3 minutes at approx. 70 0 C, Slices of one potato were distributed over 12 different washing bags, one bag per solution and thereafter dipped for 2 minutes at 50 °C in 600 ml of a test solution.
• compositions are given in table I :
• the entries indicated with an asterisk are compositions according to the prior art. As can be seen, the prior art compositions show strong after-cooking darkening, with the exception of entries 6 and 13. Prior art entries 6 and 13, however, show severe precipitation of SAPP, for which these are undesired.
• the entries according to this invention (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, and 19) showed reasonable to excellent reduction of darkening and no precipitation of SAPP. Best results were obtained with compositions comprising lactic acid, calcium lactate and SAPP ⁇ entries 1, 2, 4, 5, and 12) . A similar composition having much lower calcium lactate content (entry 10) is slightly less advantageous) .

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