Adding of ingredients to a granular product
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorHarrie Spijkerman
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Abstract
A method for adding ingredients to a mass of curd, comprises a step of separating whey from curd grains, a step of transferring curd grains from the separating step to a step of arranging the curd grains in a mould. A step of adding the ingredients is performed in the transferring step.
Claims15
A method for adding ingredients to curd grains as part of a cheese making process, the method comprising:
- separating whey from the curd grains using a conical sieve that includes an outlet,
- transferring the curd grains to a mould so that the curd grains are arranged in the mould, wherein
- ingredients are added to the curd grains during the transferring of the curd grains to the mould, and
- the adding of the ingredients to the curd grains is performed by conveying the ingredients through a nozzle arranged in a narrow region of the conical sieve so that the ingredients are added to the curd grains at the narrow region of the conical sleeve, and ejecting a flow of curd grains and the ingredients in a longitudinal direction towards the outlet of the conical sieve.
A device for adding ingredients to a mass of curd grains as part of a cheese making process, the device comprising a conical sieve having an inlet end for receiving the mass of curd grains and an outlet end directing the curd grains towards a mould, wherein a nozzle is provided for injecting the ingredients to the mass of curd grains in an area of the outlet end of the conical sieve, wherein sloping sidewalls form part of the conical sieve that is arranged to separate the curd grains from residual whey.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.