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US 2004/0001908 A1Published application
Coated pelletized shortening
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorEdward T. Huxel
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Abstract
A process and device is provided for coating a formed rod or pellet of shortening with a layer of shortening having a higher melting point to prevent agglomeration of the shortening pellets during storage and transportation.
Claims18
A vegetable oil or shortening solid pellet comprising:
- a first solid vegetable oil or shortening layer having a first melting point, and
- a second solid vegetable oil or shortening layer substantially coating said first layer, said second layer having a melting point higher than said first melting point.
A method of forming a generally solid pellet of a vegetable oil or shortening solid comprising:
- extruding a length of a first solid vegetable oil or shortening having a first melting point,
- coating said length of said first solid with a liquid comprising a second vegetable oil or shortening said liquid having a melting point higher than said first melting point, and
- allowing said liquid to solidify to form a solid layer about said first solid vegetable oil or shortening.
A method of forming a generally solid pellet of a vegetable oil or shortening solid comprising:
- extruding a length of a first solid vegetable oil or shortening having a first melting point from extruding voids in an extrusion apparatus,
- inserting said length into a void having a diameter greater than the diameter of said extruding void,
- injecting a liquid comprising a second vegetable oil or shortening into said void said liquid having a melting point higher than said first melting point, coating said first solid with said liquid,
- subdividing said first solid length into a desired length, and
- allowing said liquid to solidify to form a solid layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.