Abstract:
This invention relates generally to edible food product. Whole egg analogue is disclosed wherein a yolk analogue is treated to form a membrane on its outer surface. The yolk with attendant membrane is combined with natural egg white, treated egg white or an egg white analogue to form the whole egg analogue. An apparatus for forming an egg yolk analogue is disclosed wherein an extruder with a deformable nozzle (54) and interrupter (58) for interrupting the flow of egg yolk material from the extruder nozzle are provided.
Abstract:
A method for processing a food product into a free-flowing form includes forming the food product into a substantially homogeneous mixture; transferring the mixture into an extruding apparatus; extruding the mixture; severing the extruded food product into pieces having predetermined lengths; and curing the pieces by exposing same to moving air.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a retort-stable, shaped food piece, said process comprising: (a) preparing a premixture comprising (1) from about 15 % to about 65 % by weight protein, (2) from about 15 % to about 65 % by weight starch, (3) from 0 % to about 9 % by weight fat, (4) from 0 % to about 0.7 % by weight added sulfur, (5) from 0 % to about 2 % by weight dicalcium phosphate, wherein the weight percentage of the premixture components are expressed as a percentage of the premixture; (b) combining the premixture with water to form a secondary mixture, wherein the ratio of premixture to water is in the range of from about 1.6:1 to about 4:1; (c) mixing the secondary mixture for a period of time sufficient to obtain a substantially uniformly mixed dough and under conditions such that the temperature of the secondary mixture and uniformly mixed dough in the mixing operation are maintained in the range of from about 15 DEG C to about 45 DEG C; and (d) extruding the uniformly mixed dough into a desired shaped piece, wherein the extrusion is carried out in conjunction with low specific mechanical energy and high pressure conditions, and under conditions such that the temperature of the uniformly mixed dough in the extrusion operation is in the range of from about 40 DEG C to about 100 DEG C, and wherein said shaped piece is cohesive and maintains its shape when retorted. The present invention further relates to a piece prepared by the above-described process.
Abstract:
A food processing machine (10) for the formation of agglomerates of finely comminuted meat, which comprises a die (12), a duct (19) extending through the die and terminating in a face (27) thereof, a pump (11) to convey finely comminuted meat through the duct (19), and a wiper blade (25) actuated to periodically wiper across the die face to remove therefrom any meat that has been extruded from the duct. The agglomerate of finely comminuted meat wiped from the face (21) of the die (12) is transported by the blade (25) into a vessel (14) containing a cooking liquid.
Abstract:
A novel pretzel chip is produced by extruding pretzel dough to form a dough extrudate comprising concentric dough rings that are interconnected and partially fused. The extrudate is sliced, and the slices are cooked following conventional pretzel cooking procedures. The dough is extruded through a die that includes a dough inlet having a plurality of metering passages arranged in concentric circles, a die interior comprised of a dough passageway containing a plurality of arcuate divider walls arranged in concentric circles, with each of said arcuate divider walls comprised of a base portion affixed to said dough inlet and a tip portion that is recessed from a dough exit port.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for producing automatically and highly efficiently plastic foods having various shapes, having or not having, stripe-patterns from a variety of rod-like foods such as a cored-rod foods, which are continuously extruded and consist of at least two kinds of materials.
Abstract:
A process for solubilising an alpha-glucan containing foodstuff which comprises processing a carbohydrate-containing material having a moisture content of less than 40 % by weight in an extruder under severe conditions of mechanical disruption and shear at high screw speed. The solubility of the extrudate after milling is greater than 55 % by weight in water. Novel soluble alpha-glucan components of the extrudate are provided having a ratio of greater than 1 for the amount of alpha-glucan having a degree of polymerisation greater than 50 to the amount of alpha-glucan with a degree of polymerisation less than 50. Food drinks comprising ingredients produced using the process are described.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a cohesive, retort-stable, shaped food piece, said process comprising: (a) preparing a premixture comprising (1) from about 20 % to about 80 % by weight gluten, (2) from about 20 % to about 80 % by weight flour, (3) from 0 % to about 50 % by weight meat and bone meal, (4) from 0 % to about 9 % by weight fat, (5) from 0 % to about 0.7 % by weight added sulfur, (6) from 0 % to about 2 % by weight dicalcium phosphate, wherein the weight percentage of the premixture components are expressed as a percentage of the premixture; (b) combining the premixture with water to form a secondary mixture, wherein the ratio of premixture to water is in the range of from about 1.6:1 to about 4:1; (c) mixing the secondary mixture for a period of time sufficient to obtain a substantially uniformly mixed dough and under conditions such that the temperature of the secondary mixture and uniformly mixed dough in the mixing operation are maintained in the range of from about 15 DEG C to about 45 DEG C; and (d) forming the uniformly mixed dough into a desired shaped piece, wherein the forming operation is carried out in conjunction with low specific mechanical energy and high pressure conditions, and under conditions such that the temperature of the uniformly mixed dough in the forming operation is in the range of from about 40 DEG C to about 100 DEG C, and wherein said shaped piece is cohesive and maintains its shape when retorted. The present invention further relates to a piece prepared by the above-described process.
Abstract:
The invention involves a cooker extruder with feeding hopper (14), screw(s) (10) as well as nozzle (26) for the production of thermally treated bio-polymers and characterises itself by at least one spatula-pump between the screw and nozzle, each of which comprise(s) one matrix of holes (22) and a corresponding spatula element (24) (defined together as spatula-pump).
Abstract:
The food product of the invention comprises a plurality of individual elongate elements held together in an adjacent manner. It is characterized in that said elements or strands (10) are configured in the form of a ruled surface and are held together by a binder (11, 21, 31, 51) added between them and/or in the form of a film partly or fully covering them. Application mainly in the food industry.