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Process for the manufacture of a composite consumable product by double extrusion

US6268007A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 22, 2000
Grant dateJul 31, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB30B11/243
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for manufacturing a composite consumable product by double extrusion, wherein a liquid or pasty consumable substance is prepared in a first section of a twin-screw extruder, a plasticizable consumable substance is cooked-extruded in a second section of the twin-screw extruder, wherein the first and second sections are separated dynamically, to provide at least one strand of a cooked-extruded mass that is cut into pieces. The liquid or pasty consumable substance is added to the cooked-extruded mass to provide pieces of a composite consumable product.

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