Patent ID: 7862846

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a cell-like extruded food product comprising extruding in an extrusion die food components in a z-direction from the extrusion die, and in which at least one extrudable component Aâ€², which exhibits a general plastic rheology during extrusion is formed into a flow through a channel and an extrudable component Bâ€² is formed into a flow through a channel, the flow of Bâ€² being x-wise adjacent to the flow of Aâ€², x being transverse to z, in which the flows of Aâ€² and Bâ€² exit from the channels through exits after which, the flows of Aâ€² and Bâ€² are regularly divided in a generally x-direction by a dividing member to form at least two rows of flows of Aâ€² and Bâ€² separated in the x-direction, in each of which row the flows of Aâ€² and Bâ€² segmented in the z direction and in which in each said row a segment of flow of Bâ€² is joined upstream and downstream to each segment of flow of Aâ€² whereby Bâ€² segments are interposed between adjacent Aâ€² segments in the z direction, each row having two generally continuous boundary cell walls of Bâ€² component in the z-direction, whereby each segment of Aâ€² is a cell surrounded on its z and x directed faces by Bâ€².