Method for making a cold formed segmented food product
OwnerShahnaz Savul, Larry Swarvar +1inventors
InventorsShahnaz Savul, Larry Swarvar, Nathan Griffin
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Abstract
A method for creating bite-sized or segmented pieces of a cold formed bar such as a granola bar. The invention is an improved process for manipulating and shaping granola without having the granola lose its characteristic texture. In one aspect, the invention adds a rotary cutter to a conventional slabbing operation. In one aspect, the invention uses a rotary molder to force granola into female molds where it can be shaped as desired.
Claims12
A method for making a cold formed segmented food bar, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) mixing ingredients together into a cold formable dough;
- (b) forming said cold formable dough into a segmented food bar.
A method for making a cold formed segmented food bar, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) mixing ingredients together into a cold formable dough;
- b) placing said cold formable dough on a slab conveyor moving in a longitudinal direction;
- c) compressing said cold formable dough to make a dough slab with at least one compression roller;
- d) using a rotary cutter having a plurality of teeth about an outer radius to make a first indentation and a second indentation through said slab, wherein a segment is defined between said first and second indentations, and wherein said first and said second indentations are in a transverse direction;
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- e) cutting said strips in the transverse direction to form a plurality of bars, each bar having at least two segments.
A method for making a cold formed segmented food bar, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) mixing ingredients together into a cold formable dough;
- b) placing said dough into a hopper in communication with a rotary molder, said rotary molder comprising a pair of rollers below said hopper wherein said one of said rollers comprises a plurality of female molds;
- c) forcing said dough through said rollers and into said female molds to form a segmented food bar;
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- d) releasing said segmented food bar from said rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.