Apparatus for production of snack food pellets

An apparatus for separating a ribbon of uncooked dough into separated dough pieces, the apparatus comprising:

• a pair of rotating rollers spaced apart for receiving uncooked dough comprising a ribbon of dough there between, a first roller of the pair of rotating rollers having a pattern embossed on a surface thereof, and configured to emboss the ribbon of dough with the pattern, while maintaining structural integrity of the embossed ribbon of dough;
• a first arm spaced apart from and parallel to a second arm, each of the arms rotating about a central axis of the respective arm, the first and second arms located beneath the pair of rollers to receive between the arms an embossed dough ribbon from the pair of rollers;
• a first plurality of fingers extending radially outward from, and longitudinally spaced apart along a length of, the first arm;
• a second plurality of fingers extending radially outward from, and longitudinally spaced apart along a length of, the second arm such that as the first and second arms rotate, the first plurality and second plurality of fingers overlap and interleave each other in a longitudinal direction of the first and second arms to contact and tear an embossed ribbon into the dough pieces comprising shapes embossed in the embossed dough ribbon;
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• a dough pieces receptacle located beneath the plurality of spaced apart fingers to receive the dough pieces separated by the plurality of spaced apart fingers.