Extrusion process for laminated candy products
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsWilliam Wu, Henry Archibald
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a laminated edible product such as a candy product. This method includes the steps of extruding from the exit port of a coaxial die a thin strip of a first fluid material encased in a layer of a second fluid material, depositing the thin strip on a support, and superimposing additional thin strip on top of the first thin strip. The invention also relates to an edible product prepared by this method.
Claims18
A method of producing a laminated edible candy product having thin layers of at least one first fluid material interleaved between thin layers of a second fluid material comprising:
- extruding from the exit port of a coaxial die a first thin strip of at least one first fluid material comprising a paste encased in a layer of a second fluid material comprising a boiled candy mass, wherein the at least one first fluid material and the second fluid material are not miscible;
- cooling the first thin strip;
- depositing the cooled first thin strip on a support;
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- directly superimposing a second cooled thin strip on the first cooled thin strip to form the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.