Apparatus for the continuous production of curds
AssigneeClaudel S.A.
InventorPierre Stenne
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Abstract
Apparatus for the continuous production of curds for use in cheese making, wherein renneted or acidified milk or mixture thereof is introduced under pulsation into a conduit whose wall is deformed under the effect of the pulsations and in which the curd is formed, and wherein the curd is collected at the outlet end of this conduit.
Claims11
An apparatus for the continuous production of curds for use in cheese making, comprising at least one coagulation unit in the form of a conduit in which the coagulum is formed, means for introducing and circulating renneted milk in this conduit, the term "renneted milk" indicating herein milk to which has been added one or more substances promoting the formation of a coagulum, such substances including enzymatic systems of which rennet is an example, acid substances and lactic ferments, and means for applying a pulsating effect to the flow of milk introduced into the conduit, and wherein the wall of this conduit is capable of being deformed under the effect of these pulsations.
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