Multi-piping spiral-pump for treating food items

An apparatus for transferring and/or treating food items in liquid media, the apparatus comprising:

• two or more channels 1, each channel further comprising an in-feed end 2 and an out-feed end 3, wherein each channel is formed into a spiral shaped channel having three or more windings 8 and wherein the two or more channels are wound together in parallel,
• a loading structure 4 connected to the in-feed ends of all of the two or more spiral shaped channels 1 for loading each first winding 8 of the two or more spiral shaped channels 1 with the food items in liquid media, wherein the in-feed ends of the two or more spiral shaped channels 1 connect to the loading structure 4 in different locations on the loading structure 4, and
• means for rotating the spiral shaped channels 1, characterised in that the loading structure 4 is adapted to sequentially and repeatedly feed food items in liquid media into the two or more spiral shaped channels 1 without pulsing, wherein the loading structure 4 is rotatable with the two or more spiral shaped channels 1 and in-feeding only occurs when the loading structure is in a certain position or range in a 360° rotation of the two or more spiral shaped channels 1.