Kneading machine, particularly for food products

Kneading machine for food products, particularly flour mixtures, comprising:

• a kneading bowl which is rotatable about a first substantially vertical axis,
• a kneading tool which is rotatable within the kneading bowl around a second substantially vertical axis, spaced from the first axis,
• a counter-member supported within the bowl and separated therefrom, for creating a dough-free space in the center of the bowl when the dough is rotated by the bowl, characterized by the combination of the following features:
• the counter-member has a body having a continuous peripheral wall and is rotatable around a third substantially vertical axis, said kneading machine further comprising means for rotating the counter-member so that the peripheral velocity of the counter-member is equal to the peripheral velocity of the bowl in correspondence with the part of the counter-member which is farthest from the axis of rotation of the bowl,
• the kneading machine comprises at least one further kneading tool which is rotatable around a forth substantially vertical axis.