Apparatus for continuous manufacture of multi-colored and/or multi-flavored food product
US6199346A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23P30/25
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a food product having a plurality of sections having different characteristics, such as different colors and/or flavors. The method and apparatus has a first nozzle extruding a first stream of a liquid food product having a first characteristic onto a moving platform. The first stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. A second nozzle extrudes a second stream of a liquid food product having a second characteristic onto the platform. The second stream has a height and a width with respect to the platform. The second nozzle is adjacent to the first nozzle providing adjacent first and second streams on the moving platform. The first stream and second stream spread out such that their heights decrease and their widths increase. When the increasing width of the first stream abuts the increasing width of the second stream, the first stream has a first viscosity and the second stream has a second viscosity which inhibit substantial mixing of the first and second streams when the two streams abut.
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