Process for agglomerating food products
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsMarcel Buhler, John Darbyshire, Michel Jaccard
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Abstract
In an inclined rotary drum, a vortex of a particulate main product is formed about an inclined axis, an agglomerating agent is sprayed onto the vortex from outside and a particulate secondary product is distributed in the vortex from inside.
Claims13
A process for agglomeration of at least two particulate food products, in which particles of at least one secondary product are made to adhere to particles of a main product by means of a liquid agglomerating agent, comprising forming a vortex of the particles of said main product about a horizontal or inclined axis, spraying and agglomerating agent onto the vortex from outside and distributing the particles of said secondary product in the vortex from inside.
A process for the agglomeration of at least two particulate food products comprising:
- rotating particles of a main food product about an inclined axis with a wall of a rotary drum for forming a vortex of the particles having an outer side which leaves a space between the wall of the drum and the outer side in a descending half of the drum and the vortex having an inner side rotating about an inner zone including the inclined axis;
- spraying a liquid agglomerating agent onto the vortex of particles from the space between the wall of the drum and the outer side of the vortex in the descending half of the drum for coating the particles with the agglomerating agent;
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- distributing particles of at least one secondary food product into the vortex of particles from within the inner zone of the vortex in an ascending half of the drum for contacting and coating the agglomerating agent coated particles with the secondary food product for obtaining an agglomerated product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.