Shrimp forming process
AssigneeJAC Creative Foods, Inc.
InventorHiro Matsubara
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Abstract
An imitation shrimp produce is produced by heating, in a mold cavity, a fish paste composition, the mold having at least two cavities, each cavity having the form of the shrimp product. The shrimp back portion of each cavity is accessed via an opening in the mold to allow formation of vein grooves in the curved back portion of the shrimp product; and such access is provided during injection of the composition into the mold.
Claims25
The process of forming an imitation crustacean product in the of a shrimp having a curved back portion and an end portion toward which said curved back portion extends, and using a shrimp paste mix, said process including the steps
- (a) providing a mold having at least two cavities therein, each cavity shaped in the form of said shrimp product, each cavity having a first opening adjacent to the shrimp end portion, and a second opening adjacent to the shrimp curved back portion,
- (b) injecting the shrimp paste mix into both cavities via said first openings while maintaining said second openings closed,
- (c) and gaining access to the curved back portion of the shrimp paste mix in the cavities, via said second openings, and forming simulated vein grooves in each curved back portion, in response to said injecting of the shrimp paste into both cavities.
- (d) the process including providing nozzle bodies which have portings, and displacing said nozzle bodies into position in the mold and carrying out said paste mix injecting through said portings, and simultaneously utilizing said nozzle bodies to effect said closing of the second openings and said forming of the simulated vein grooves.
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