Inventors:
Todd W. Gocha - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Joseph Dileonardo - Elmhurst IL, US
International Classification:
A23L 1/18, A23P 1/10, B65B 55/00
Abstract:
A method to produce a food product comprises the steps of providing a plurality of flint corn kernels; drying the flint corn kernels; popping the flint corn kernels; cooling the porous, airy, elastic foam particles produced during popping; cutting with a moving blade said porous, airy foam particles into pieces having a width greater than 0.005 inches to produce an elastic, air entrained popcorn flour occupying a volume; and, vacuum packaging the elastic popcorn flour to reduce the volume occupied by the popcorn flour.