Patent Document ID: 4362748
Application ID: 06193434
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. The method of forming a shaped edible product comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first aqueous solution including at least water and algin; (b) forming a second aqueous solution including at least water and a metal salt dissolved therein; (c) introducing a sterilant into one of the first and second aqueous solutions; (d) introducing a sterilant neutralizing agent into the other of the first and second aqueous solutions; and, (e) depositing a discrete quantity of the first solution into the second solution whereupon (i) the interaction between the algin in the first solution and the metal ions released by the metal salt in the second solution serves to set the constituent ingredients of the first solution in the particular shape occupied thereby upon introduction into the second solution, (ii) the sterilant serves to sterilize the constituent ingredients of the product thus formed, and (iii) the neutralizing agent serves to slowly neutralize the sterilant.