Patent ID: 6413566
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A23N,B26D,Y02A,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for simultaneously slicing and washing a relatively firm, raw vegetable or fruit food product, the steps comprising:providing a batch of the food product for slicing; delivering the vegetable to a centrifugal slicer having a rotatable cage positioned radially inwardly of a fixed array of product slicing knives; providing a body of water to serve as a water bath and immersing the slicer therein such that the rotary cage and knives are underwater; rotating the slicer cage with the vegetable product therein to force the food product through the knives and thence into the water bath, the slices being impelled through the water at velocity sufficient to simultaneously slice and wash starch and broken cell particles from the surfaces of the slices, and removing the slices from the water for further processing.