Method for the preparation of a roasted nut-like product

Abstract From the Canadian patent

There is provided a method for preparing a roasted nutlike product from soy beans. Raw soy beans are deskinned and split in bean halves which are soaked at temperatures of 20-100°C for swelling. After being dewatered the, bean halves are subjected to fast drying and mildly roasting in hot air at temperatures of 160-350°C. During the fast drying the bean halves are first subjected to a high temperature for fixing their outer skin to a high temperature, whereafter post-drying is performed at lower temperatures for removing the interior moisture.