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US 10,980,245 B2Granted
Method and device for dehydrating co-extruded food products
AssigneeMarel Meat B.V.
InventorsJos Kobussen, Marcus Bernhard Hubert Bontjer, Kasper Willem Van den Berg, Hector Angel Flores
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Abstract
A method for at least partially dehydrating the casing of co-extruded food products, wherein an aqueous salt solution is supplied to the exterior of the co-extruded food products. A device for at least partially dehydrating the casing of co-extruded food products.
Claims7
A method for at least partially dehydrating a casing of co-extruded food products, comprising the steps of:
- supplying an aqueous salt solution to an exterior of a co-extruded food product;
- collecting the aqueous salt solution supplied to the exterior of the co-extruded food product, wherein the collected aqueous salt solution has an increased measure of contamination relative to the supplied aqueous salt solution;
- monitoring the measure of contamination of the collected aqueous salt solution during the collecting step, and prior to any additional processing;
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- activating a control valve by a control unit based upon the measure of contamination such that one of a plurality of circuits are opened;
- wherein the plurality of circuits include a reprocessing circuit and a return circuit, the return circuit recycling the collected aqueous salt solution without any additional processing;
- wherein a reprocessed aqueous salt solution from the reprocessing circuit is mixed with the collected aqueous salt solution from the return circuit.
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A method for at least partially dehydrating a casing of coextruded food products, comprising the steps of:
- supplying an aqueous salt solution to an exterior of a co-extruded food product, wherein the exterior of the co-extruded food product is provided with a viscous material, said aqueous salt solution at least partially dehydrating the viscous material on the exterior of the co-extruded food product by removing water from the viscous material;
- collecting the aqueous salt solution supplied to the exterior of the co-extruded food product, wherein the collected aqueous salt solution includes at least excess water removed from the exterior of the co-extruded food product;
- monitoring a measure of contamination of the collected aqueous salt solution, the measure of contamination including at least a relative concentration of the excess water in the collected aqueous salt solution;
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- activating a control valve by a control unit based upon the measure of contamination such that the collected aqueous salt solution is conveyed to a reprocessing unit and reconditioned by at least forced evaporation of the excess water;
- wherein a portion of the collected aqueous salt solution is conveyed to a return line without additional conditioning and subsequently mixed with the reconditioned aqueous salt solution from the reprocessing unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.