Dosing and mixing interim plate

A system for dosing and mixing ingredients in a High Moisture Extrusion process, the system comprising:

• an extruder to mix ingredients to turn them into a protein extrudate;
• a cooling die to cool the protein extrudate and to cool an enhanced extrudate with ingredients added after the extruder;
• and
• an interim plate connecting the extruder and the cooling die, to add and mix further ingredients, and facilitate movement of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate into the cooling die, the interim plate further comprising:
• one or more interim plate inlets to allow the entry of the protein extrudate from the extruder into the interim plate;
• a dosing inlet for adding new ingredients to the protein extrudate that exits the extruder and enters the interim plate;
• an at least one static mixer, which mixes the new ingredients with the protein extrudate to form the enhanced extrudate;
• wherein the dosing inlet is placed to dose the protein extrudate when the protein extrudate has travelled further along the interim plate from the at least one static mixer;
• one or more flow channels to facilitate the movement of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate through the interim plate and into one or more channels of the cooling die;
• and
• one or more interim plate outlets to allow the flow of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate into the cooling die.

A system for dosing and mixing ingredients in a High Moisture Extrusion process, the system comprising:

• an extruder to mix ingredients to turn them into a protein extrudate;
• a cooling die to cool the protein extrudate and to cool an enhanced extrudate with ingredients added after the extruder;
• and
• an interim plate connecting the extruder and the cooling die, to add and mix further ingredients, and facilitate movement of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate into the cooling die, the interim plate further comprising:
• one or more interim plate inlets to allow the entry of the protein extrudate from the extruder into the interim plate;
• a dosing inlet for adding new ingredients to the protein extrudate that exits the extruder and enters the interim plate;
• an at least one static mixer, which mixes the new ingredients with the protein extrudate to form the enhanced extrudate;
• wherein the dosing inlet is directly attached to an opening of the static mixer;
• one or more flow channels to facilitate the movement of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate through the interim plate and into one or more channels of the cooling die;
• and
• one or more interim plate outlets to allow the flow of the protein extrudate and the enhanced extrudate into the cooling die.