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AssigneeFranz ZENTIS GmbH & Co.
InventorsJohannes Baumer, Jurgen Becker, Dietmar Otte, Dieter Stauber
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In a method for producing particles of a foodstuff which has a fat content of between 50% and 90%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%, the foodstuff which is present in the liquid form is deposited in the form of a film or in the form of a strip on a surface of a rotating cooling roller or moved cooling belt and thereafter detached in an at least partly hardened form from the surface of the cooling roller or cooling belt. In the case of a production of an endless film or endless strip there is a comminution to the desired particle size after the hardening of the foodstuff. In order to enable the production of sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff particles in an economically viable manner which meet the requirements for use in an aqueous non-frozen medium, it is proposed that the charging and at least partly the hardening of the foodstuff which is present in the liquid, sterilized or pasteurized form occurs within an enclosed sterilizable or pasteurizable vessel and the surface of the cooling roller or the cooling belt is in the zone of the charging of the foodstuff lower than 0° C. and/or the temperature of a gas surrounding the cooling roller or the cooling belt is lower than 0° C. in the zone of the charging of the foodstuff. Furthermore, an apparatus for producing particles of a foodstuff as described above is proposed.
A method for producing particles of a foodstuff having a fat content of between 50% and 90%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%, with the foodstuff which is present in liquid form being applied in the form of a film or strip onto the surface of a rotating cooling roller or a moved cooling belt and thereafter there being a detachment of the at least partly hardened foodstuff from the surface of the cooling roller or the cooling belt, with there being a comminution to the desired particle size in the case of the production of an endless film or endless strip after the hardening of the foodstuff, characterized in that the charging and at least partial hardening of the foodstuff which is present in liquid, sterilized or pasteurized form is made within an enclosed sterilizable or pasteurizable vessel and the surface of the cooling roller or the cooling belt is in the zone of the charging of the foodstuff lower than 0° C. and/or the temperature of a gas surrounding the cooling roller or cooling belt in the zone of charging of the foodstuff is lower than 0° C.
An apparatus (1, 1′, 21, 21′, 31) for producing particles of a foodstuff having a fat content of between 50% and 90%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%, with the foodstuff which is present in the liquid form being capable of being deposited by means of a heatable dosing device (2) in the form of a film or in the form of strips on the surface (6) of a rotating cooling roller (3) and thereafter there being a detachment of the at least partly hardened foodstuff from the cooling roller (3), with there being a comminution by means of a comminution device (15) to the desired particle size in the case of the production of an endless film or endless strip after the hardening of the foodstuff, characterized in that the liquid foodstuff is present upon its supply to the cooling roller (3) in a sterilized or pasteurized form, that the cooling roller (3) comprises an interior hollow space which can be flowed through by the same cooling medium which encloses the outside surface (6) of the cooling roller (3), that the foodstuff is substantially fully crystallizable on the cooling roller (3) and the apparatus (1, 1′, 21, 21′, 31) is encapsulated entirely in a sterilizable or pasteurizable vessel (7).
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