Patent ID: 9301541
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A23L,A23P,A23V

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing a processed protein food by thermally coagulating and molding a fluid mixture containing a protein, a lipid, and water continuously by an internal heating system while moving the mixture within a tube, the method comprising: (a) with the tube arranged vertically or substantially vertically having a tilt angle of no greater than 15° from the vertically arranged position of the tube, heating the mixture by the internal heating system so as to mold the mixture, while feeding the mixture upward from a bottom of the tube so as to move the mixture within the tube upwardly from the bottom of the tube, or (b) with the tube arranged vertically or substantially vertically having a tilt angle of no greater than 15° from the vertically arranged position of the tube, heating the mixture by the internal heating system so as to mold the mixture, while feeding the mixture upward from the bottom of the tube so as to move the mixture within the tube upwardly from the bottom of the tube and heating the mixture so as to mold the mixture while rotating the tube around a rotation axis, the rotational axis being a center line in a length direction of the tub, wherein the vertically arranged position of the tube is a position in a same direction as a direction of gravitational force.