Patent ID: 8673192
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A21C,A23P,B29C

Abstract:
1. A method of preparing a shaped food product, comprising: A. providing a hot plastic food mass having a temperature of 49° to 100° C. and having a viscosity exceeding 500,000 centipoise; B. co-extruding the hot plastic food mass to form a first extrudate rope at a first linear discharge speed and at least a second extrudate rope at a second linear discharge speed to form a co-extruded rope at a temperature of 80° C. or greater; C. receiving the co-extruded rope onto a take-away conveyor having a linear speed rate of equal to or less than the lower of the first and second extrudate linear discharge speeds without stretching the co-extruded rope; D. quiescently cooling the co-extruded rope to 80° C. or less to form a cooled set co-extruded rope; and, E. cutting the cooled set co-extruded rope to form individual pieces in a form of peelably separable strands.