Chilled product post-processing apparatus and methods

A method of processing a chilled food product includes providing a product in a storage container, wherein the product has a frozen portion and a non-frozen portion in the storage container, and the frozen portion has a granular size. The method also includes mixing the frozen portion of the product...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bytheway, David Q, Throckmorton, David J, Dickson Jr., Thomas D, Jacobsen, Joseph O, Bauer, Evan J, Maxfield, Bradley S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEWING GUM COCOA COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS HUMAN NECESSITIES ICE-CREAM MILLING GRAIN MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PREPARATION THEREOF PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of processing a chilled food product includes providing a product in a storage container, wherein the product has a frozen portion and a non-frozen portion in the storage container, and the frozen portion has a granular size. The method also includes mixing the frozen portion of the product with the non-frozen portion of the product within the storage container, flowing the frozen portion and non-frozen portion into contact with a shearing apparatus, and shearing at least the frozen portion with the shearing apparatus, thereby reducing the granular size of the frozen portion. This method and similar systems and machines may refine and process chilled food products such as smoothies and slushes to have a smoother and more even consistency.