Patent ID: 8628386

Claim:
A method for coating a tubular food casing ( 2 ), particularly a skin with flavoring substances in particle form, particularly spices, the method comprising wetting the tubular casing ( 2 ) on its inside with an adhesive ( 3 ) and applying a desired flavoring substance ( 6 ) onto the adhesive wetting, wherein the tubular casing ( 2 ), wetted on its inside with an adhesive, is guided through a first squeezing zone ( 5 ) and a second squeezing zone ( 8 ) following the first squeezing zone in a travel direction of the tubular casing, where an interior cross-section of the tubular casing is temporarily closed, wherein the second squeezing zone ( 8 ) is positioned higher than the first squeezing zone ( 5 ), wherein the tubular casing is brought into a form of an inflated sack ( 2 b ) in a region between the two squeezing zones ( 5 , 8 ) by a supply of particulate flavoring substances ( 6 ) and an air pocket ( 7 ) inserted into an interior of the tubular casing, and wherein during its travel the tubular casing entrains the flavoring substances ( 6 ) from the supply on its inside wetted with adhesive.