Patent ID: 6248378
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A23L,A23P,A23V,A61K,A61M,B01F,B01J,B05B,B82Y,C40B,F02M,F23D,G01N

Abstract:
A method for producing a food product, comprising the steps of:forcing a liquid food through a channel of a feeding source in a manner which causes the liquid to be expelled from an exit opening;forcing a gas through a pressure chamber in a manner which causes the gas to exit the pressure chamber from an exit orifice down stream of a flow path of the liquid expelled from the exit opening of the feeding source;wherein a stable first liquid-gas interface is maintained and the liquid forms a stable jet focused on the exit orifice of the pressure chamber by the gas; and wherein said jet dissociates into particles after expulsion from the exit opening, said particles having the same diameter with a deviation of about .+-.3% to about .+-.30%.