Mixing device for reconstituting dehydrated food particles

A mixing device particularly adapted for mixing and delivering a mixture of food product containing large particulates from dehydrated material and a diluent mixed together with the particulates, comprising:

• a mixing chamber for receiving the dehydrated material and the diluent including a propeller,
• at least one inlet for the dehydrated material and diluent to enter the mixing chamber, and
• an outlet for allowing the mixture to exit the mixing chamber,
• wherein the propeller is arranged about a rotation axis to provide, upon rotation, a centrifugal force that creates a pumping action in the mixing chamber, and wherein the propeller defines a limit plane of rotation that substantially demarcates a suction part and a centrifugal part of the chamber, and
• wherein the outlet has a surface area and cross section with an axial dimension of at least 12.5 mm and is positioned in the mixing chamber relative to the propeller so that at least 50% of the outlet surface area is located in the centrifugal part in front of the limit plane of rotation of the propeller.