Patent ID: 6251452
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A21C,A23G,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
A method for preparing a food product having at least two colors exhibiting improved detail resolution; comprising the steps of:A. providing a first plastic extrudable food mass having a first color;B. providing at least a second flowable food material having a second color differing from the first color in color or hue;C. combining the first food mass and the second food material without intermixing to form a complexly patterned food mass having an initial cross sectional area;D. reducing the cross sectional area of the complexly patterned food mass by a factor of at least 4:1 through a reducing passageway with an average convergence angle of 5.degree. to 65.degree. while maintaining the cross sectional pattern to form a reduced cross sectional patterned extrudate; andE. extruding the reduced cross sectional extrudate through a die port.