Patent ID: 8348651

Claim:
A facility for the forming of frozen granules from food liquids, the facility comprising: a cooling tank that receives the food liquid through an inlet and retains the food liquid therein, the cooling tank being equipped with cooling means that allows the tank to maintain its temperature constantly, the cooling tank feeding by means of an impelling pump, a freezing chamber to which are supplied a liquefied gas at a temperature of around −140° C. and pressurized air via an electro-valve in such a manner that pellets or small granules of food liquid are generated in said freezing chamber, which instantly freeze and exit the chamber through one or more dispensing valves, wherein said freezing chamber includes a first inlet for receiving said liquified gas, a second inlet for receiving said pressurized air, and a third inlet for receiving the food liquid, wherein said facility is configured so that pressurized air enters said freezing chamber to realize a collision between the liquid food product and the air to pulverize said liquid food product into pellets or micro-balls which are simultaneously frozen on contact with said liquified gas, whereby the food liquid retains its original organoleptic characteristics.