Process for producing a bean cake

摘要

A process for producing a bean cake which comprises feeding whole or hulled grains of beans to a twin-screw extruder, extruding the beans through the twin-screw extruder at a temperature in the range of 90 DEG to 250 DEG C. to form a cake, and while extruding, adjusting the moisture content of the beans to be treated to the range of 8 to 50 weight percent and swelling the starch component while texturizing the protein component of the beans.