Co-Extruded Dough Product with High-Particulate Filling

Abstract

A co-extruded filled dough product comprises a dough shell casing and a filling material co-extruded with the dough shell casing. The filling material includes greater than about 40% of a particulate component and less than about 60% of a sauce component. The sauce component has a Bostwick consistency greater than about 7 cm and can be, e.g., a cheese-based sauce or a tomato-based sauce. A method of producing a filled dough product comprises co-extruding a dough shell casing and a filling material. A system for producing a filled dough product comprises a dough shell casing extruder die for forming a dough shell casing and a filling material die configured to extrude a filling material within the dough shell casing.

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