Patent · US Expired

Pellet freezing

US5987898A · kind A · utility

14Cited by

8References

22Claims

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Assignee

NESTEC S.A. · CH

Inventors

Mats Olofsson · carrer de Sertori, SE
Bo Andersson · Oxie, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 1997
Grant date	Nov 23, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23G9/285
WIPO fieldFood chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to extruded frozen pellets of sauce and a method for freezing pellets of sauce. This method includes dosing a layer of sauce onto a refrigerated surface, partially freezing the sauce on the surface to cause a generation of ice crystals and an increase in the viscosity of the unfrozen sauce, removing the partially frozen sauce from the surface, mixing the frozen and unfrozen sauce to form a shapeable sauce, forming the shapeable sauce into pellets, and freezing the pellets. The invention also relates to a method wherein the sauce is fully frozen in a thin layer and subsequently mixed with unfrozen sauce to form the shapeable sauce.

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