Patent ID: 8372458
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A01J,A23C,G01N

Abstract:
1. A continuous emulsification process for a type of process cheese in which a series is continuously conducted, which comprises a heating process in which a type of process cheese is agitated at any agitation intensity using an agitation device provided in a vessel while the type of process cheese is heated in the vessel applied with certain back pressure to emulsify, a holding process in which the heated emulsified type of process cheese is held at a fixed time while the heated emulsified type of process cheese is flowed into a pipe, and a cooling process in which the temperature of the heated emulsified type of process cheese after the holding process is decreased, wherein a transducer of an oscillating viscometer, which is put into a mold form made of fluorocarbon resin is immersed in the emulsified type of process cheese during the holding process or after the cooling process, and viscosity of the emulsified type of process cheese is detected; and wherein agitation intensity of the agitation device and/or back pressure applied to the vessel in the heating process is adjusted such that the viscosity of the emulsified type of process cheese detected by the immersed transducer becomes near a target value which is set in advance, and thereby, production conditions are controlled automatically and the type of process cheese is emulsified such that the viscosity of the process cheese during the holding process or after the cooling process becomes near the target viscosity.