Patent ID: 8221816
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A01J,A23C

Abstract:
1. A continuous process for preparing low moisture filata cheese directly from cheese curd comprising the steps; (a) providing a jacketed kneading chamber with hollow interior, the chamber having inlet and outlet openings and a pair of hollow auger members rotatably mounted therein between the inlet and outlet openings; (b) passing a heated fluid through the jacket of the kneading chamber and through the hollow auger members; (c) supplying cheese curd with no additional liquid to the hollow interior of the jacketed kneading chamber via the inlet opening therein; (d) rotating the pair of hollow auger members to knead and melt the cheese curd, thereby producing a low moisture filata cheese while transporting the low moisture filata cheese from the inlet opening to the outlet opening of the jacketed kneading chamber; and (e) removing the low moisture filata cheese from the jacketed kneading chamber via the outlet opening.