Process for making pet food
US8647690B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23P20/15
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process to coat a food product. The process can include providing a food product; providing a vibrating conveyor wherein the vibrating conveyor includes an enclosed channel and wherein the vibrating conveyor has an inlet and an outlet; feeding the food product into the inlet of the vibrating conveyor; operating the vibrating conveyor at a Peclet number of greater than about 6, at a dimensionless acceleration number of greater than about 1, and a vertical amplitude of vibration of greater than about 3 mm; feeding a coating material into the vibrating conveyor such that the food product is coated with the coating material as it moves from the inlet to the outlet.
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