Processing method and device for producing artificial meat

The invention relates to a processing method for producing artificial meat, comprising the following steps: a) introducing a meat paste comprising a protein into a heating unit and heating the meat paste to a temperature above the melting point of the protein to produce a heat-treated product wherein the heating unit optionally heats the meat paste by ohmic heating, b) cooling the heat-treated product by moving through the cooling unit such that the heat-treated product has a temperature below the water boiling point at ambient pressure when exiting the cooling unit, and c) dividing the cooled heat-treated product into small pieces and optionally d) tearing the small pieces by passing the small pieces through a roller spacing (14) between a pair of oppositely rotating cylindrical rollers (2, 4), the invention relates to a roller device (1) comprising a pair of counter-rotating cylindrical rollers (2, 4) having parallel axes of rotation (10, 12), a plurality of projections (16) being arranged on the outer surf