Patent ID: 7931461
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: A22C,A23P

Abstract:
1. A mould member for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials, which are suitable for human consumption, the mould member comprising: a porous body of a monolithic structure having a mould member surface and an opposite surface; a plurality of mould cavities formed by making recesses in the mould member surface of the porous body, each of the plurality of mould cavities each having a mould cavity wall defined by the porous body and open in the mould member surface; and at least one essentially fluid tight barrier extending over a thickness and length of the porous body from the mould member surface to the opposite surface, wherein the porous body has a thickness between the mould member surface and the opposite surface, which is equal to or larger than a depth of the recesses formed in the mould member surface.