Patent ID: 9456618
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A21D,A23C,A23P

Claim Text:
1. A process for the manufacture of multiple texture product comprising: providing a dairy material, freezing the dairy material by cooling it to a temperature of −2° C. or less, aerating the frozen dairy material, shaping the aerated, frozen dairy material to form a solid slice, slab, or block of the aerated, frozen dairy material, and cutting said solid slice, slab, or block; providing at least one tub having an interior; depositing at least one layer of a dairy food material distinct from the dairy material into the interior of the at least one tub, wherein said distinct dairy food material is selected from the group consisting of cream cheese, processed cheese, curd and combinations thereof; and depositing and pushing down the solid slice, slab, or block of the shaped, aerated, frozen dairy material into the at least one layer of the dairy food material in the interior of the at least one tub to fully enrobe the solid slice, slab, or block of the shaped, aerated, frozen dairy material by the at least one layer of the dairy food material in the interior of the tub; and cooling the tub containing the fully enrobed aerated dairy material to form the multiple texture product, wherein the fully enrobed solid slice, slab, or block of the shaped, aerated dairy material has a Stevens firmness of 20 or more at a temperature in the range of from 5 to 10° C. and a water activity (a