Method for producing a food product or a preliminary food precursor

A method of producing a continuous food precursor for producing a food product, the method comprising:

• pulling a first preliminary food precursor and a second preliminary food precursor in a conveying direction;
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• arranging the first food precursor under traction relative to the second preliminary food precursor and orthogonally to the conveying direction to form a continuous oriented food precursor;
• wherein at least one of the first preliminary food precursor and the second preliminary food precursor comprise at least one of a filament, a multifilament, a fiber, and a yarn and is a fiber strip, a fiber bundle, or a fiber strand.

A method for controlling the orientational arranging of continuous food precursors to form a continuous strand for the production of a food product, the method comprising:

• defining at least one of a first position in at least one direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a first continuous food precursor and a second continuous food precursor in relation to a second position of the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor in the conveying direction and an angle of the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor relative to a the conveying direction of the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor;
• defining a conveying speed of the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor in the conveying direction (F);
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• changing at least one of the first position and the angle in a time-controlled manner based upon the conveying speed such that the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor have a variable orientation relative to each other along a longitudinal extension of the continuous strand extending coaxially with the conveying direction.

A food product comprising:

• a at least two first continuous food precursors;
• and at least two second continuous food precursors;
• wherein the first and second continuous food precursors are arranged relative to each other orthogonally to a longitudinal extension of the food product;
• wherein at least one of the first continuous food precursors and the second continuous food precursors have anisotropic material properties and at least a portion of at least one of the first continuous food precursors and the second continuous food precursors extend along an entirety of the longitudinal extension.

A food production machine for producing a food product, the food production machine comprising:

• a conveyor configured to pull at least a first continuous food precursor and a second continuous food precursor in a conveying direction;
• a storage device configured to store the first continuous food precursor and the second continuous food precursor;
• a guide mechanism configured to orientationally arrange the first continuous food precursor relative to the second continuous food precursor and orthogonal to the conveying direction to form a continuous oriented strand;
• a shaping device configured to apply compressive forces orthogonally to the conveying direction to a first portion of the continuous strand to form a shaped article;
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• a cutting device configured to cut the continuous strand to form a strand portion from a second portion of the continuous strand and a food product from the shaped article;
• a dispensing unit configured to dispense the shaped article and the food product from the shaping device;
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• wherein conveyor is configured to convey the continuous strand toward the shaping device via tractive forces in the conveying direction.