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US 2025/0000104 A1Published application
Process for continuous extrusion of multiple materials for alternative meat production
AssigneeBar-Ilan University
InventorsHagay SHPAISMAN, Ehud GREENBERG
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Abstract
The technology disclosed herein concerns systems and processes for producing cut meat and cut fish products.
Claims20
1-27. (canceled)
A system for extruding a food product, the system comprising a multiplying unit comprising a co-extrusion system, said co-extrusion system comprising:
- an extruder provided with one or more pumps,
- a co-extrusion feed-block provided between the extruder and a plurality of multiplying die elements arranged in series and
- a die unit comprising a housing having an inner cavity and an exit die, the housing having a back end and two or more feeding tubes hermetically positioned at the back end of the housing and extending outwardly therefrom, each of the two or more feeding tubes being independently associated with one of the pumps and with one of two or more material conduits extending inwardly and defining each a path of a material flow from the two or more feeding tubes through the multiplying die elements in a direction of the exit die, wherein the exit die having an inner shape defining a shape of the food product.
A system for producing a food product, the system comprising
- a plurality of conduits each defining a stream of a different food component,
- a co-extrusion feed block configured to divide one or more of said streams into a plurality of sub-streams and to combine the sub-streams into a first stream of a food composition comprising two or more layers or features of two or more different food components,
- a multiplying element configured to mechanically manipulate the first stream and rearrange the layers or features therein to provide a further stream of the food composition, wherein the number of layers or features in the further stream of the two or more different food components is greater than the number of layers or features in the first stream, and
- optionally one or more further multiplying elements configured to mechanically manipulate the further stream and rearrange the layers or features therein.
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A process for a continuous production of a shaped food product composed of two or more material regions, the process comprising:
- providing a first stream of a food composition comprising at least two layers or features of at least two different food components,
- passing the first stream through a multiplying element configured to mechanically manipulate the first stream and rearrange the layers or features therein to provide a further stream of the food composition, wherein the number of layers or features in the further stream is greater than the number of layers or features in the first stream;
- optionally passing the further stream through one or more further multiplying elements, and
- passing the further stream through an exit die to thereby obtain the shaped food product having two or more material regions.
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A process for a continuous production of a shaped food product composed of two or more material regions, the process comprising:
- providing a plurality of streams of different food components,
- dividing at least two of the plurality of streams into a plurality of sub-streams,
- combining the sub-streams into a first stream of a food composition comprising at least two layers or features of two or more different food components,
- passing the first stream through a multiplying element configured to mechanically manipulate the first stream and rearrange the layers or features therein to provide a further stream of the food composition, wherein the number of layers or features in the further stream is greater than the number of layers or features in the first stream,
- optionally passing the further stream through one or more further multiplying elements, and
- passing the further stream through a die to thereby obtain the shaped food product having two or more material regions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.