2006-09-15 01:49:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
here is the history of it
In December 1901 it occurred to Anderson that starch granules could be exploded and blasted into powder with particles infinitely smaller that starch granules themselves. He took small glass tubes and hermetically sealed powdered starch in each tube. In an oven, the tubes were heated up to 400 degrees and when taken out, while still hot, cracked with a hammer. Once the pressure was released, the starch came out a porous, enlarged, snow-white mass. A very different result than expected.
Later, rice, wheat, and other whole-grain cereals were treated in the same way. Over 1,000 experiments were conducted on different products in 1902. Anderson also worked on killing bacteria by disrupting and exploding their cell walls, thus rendering their culture media sterile. The results of the experiments on cereal grains were commercial products known as "puffed rice" and "puffed wheat" made from exploding the grains. Puffed rice was first exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
In 1902, Dr. Anderson sold his patent and his services to the Quaker Oats Company and left The New York Botanical Garden. He continued his research on the minute structure of starch grains and continued to develop improved cereal foods and adhesives until his death in 1943.
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2006-09-15 03:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by netgirl1961 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Puffed rice
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Puffed rice is usually made by heating rice kernels under high pressure in the presence of steam. Puffed rice is used in various breakfast cereals, and is also a popular street food in various parts of the world. It is an ingredient of bhel puri, a popular Indian chaat item. Puffed rice is referred to as mur mure in some parts of India.
The method of manufacturing puffed rice varies from location to location.
2006-09-15 01:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is "blown up" using a heat pressurization system. Hot puffs of air are blown into the grains, making them pop, similiar to an air popper for popcorn.
2006-09-15 01:57:37 · answer #3 · answered by allforasia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe I started giving my son gerber fruit puffs when he was around 8 months old. He really liked them.
2016-03-27 02:14:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it is a process like pop corn is poped just a guess.
2006-09-15 02:17:49 · answer #5 · answered by adobeprincess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is blowen by some fruit loop
2006-09-15 01:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it has a air shot into it, and puffs it up :-)
2006-09-15 01:57:02 · answer #7 · answered by rach 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋