Method for controlling puffing of a starch-containing snack food product and fried snack product

摘要

This invention relates to snack products; and more particularly to a method for controlling the shape of fried snack products. In one embodiment of this invention, novel sheeted snack products are fried to form products of a similar curved shape with an appearance as if the products as a group were made at random. The novel shapes are imparted to the products irrespective of their overall size and without contact from mechanical shaping devices during frying. A preferred fried snack product is made from two adherent sheets of dissimilar potato-based dough controlled during frying to produce novel potato snacks resembling curved sections of a baked potato. These fried snack products are referred to herein as "potato skin snacks". Another embodiment of the invention related to use of a flexible bristle dockering brush for perforating the dough before frying to prevent distortion such as puffing when the dough pieces are fried.