Patent ID: 6905703

Claim:
A method for producing an edible product, comprising: supplying a first edible material to an extruder; supplying a second edible material to the extruder; continuously coextruding the first and second edible materials as a longitudinal rope in which the first edible material is positioned within and surrounded by the second edible material; cutting the longitudinal rope as it is being extruded from the extruder at spaced apart locations to produce individual edible products each containing an inner component comprised of the first edible material and an outer cover component comprised of the second edible material so that the inner component is encased in the outer component, with the edible products being sealed at opposite ends; the cutting of the longitudinal rope at the spaced apart locations comprising moving a first pair of crimping elements toward one another into contact with the longitudinal rope to crimp the longitudinal rope at one location and later moving the first pair of crimping elements away from one another, and moving a second pair of crimping elements toward one another into contact with the longitudinal rope to crimp the longitudinal rope at another location spaced from the one location and later moving the second pair of crimping elements away from one another, the first pair of crimping elements not being moved away from one another until after the second pair of crimping elements have crimped the longitudinal rope.