Patent ID: 6242023
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A23G,A23P

Abstract:
A method of preparing a composite food product comprising the steps of:forming a plurality of laterally spaced-apart continuous streams of a first food material on a moving support, said streams each presenting a bottom surface having spaced side margins and in contact with said support, and an outer surface including respective sidewall portions extending upwardly from said side margins and a top wall portion extending between said sidewall portions, said forming step comprising the steps of providing an upright, apertured primary rake adjacent said moving support, depositing a quantity of said first material adjacent the upstream face of said primary rake, and causing the moving support to pull said first material through said primary rake apertures to form said stream;applying a second flowable food material over said continuous streams to form a plurality of laterally spaced-apart composites on said support, said second food material coating and in contact with at least said top wall portions of said streams, and with said second food material defining an outer exposed surface of said composites, said applying step comprising the steps of providing an apertured secondary rake downstream of said primary rake, depositing said second material adjacent the upstream face of said secondary rake, and causing the support to pull said second material through said secondary rake apertures;cooling the composites to render them substantially shape-retaining; anddividing the composites to form said food product.