Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.

Shigekatsu Sato

Junichi Naka

Takanori Wada

Hitoshi Sano

Keisuke Shimizu

Yukihiro Saiki

Kazuo Ido

Kozo Taneda

Masanori Hirata

Toshiaki Ishii

Toshikazu Kamiki

Yasuo Omi

Takayoshi Takahashi

An apparatus for molding spherical bodies from a semisolid stick wherein said semisolid stick is extruded through a nozzle; a sensing unit disposed in front of said nozzle detects it to thereby send a signal to a cutter; said cutter, upon receiving said signal, is actuated to cut said stick in fixed lengths; the sticks thus cut are received in a rotatable mold; and said rotatable mold allows said cut sticks to travel along the inside of a molding passage which comprises the rotatable mold and a fixed mold disposed opposite thereto.

Apparatus for molding fixed-dimensional spherical bodies from a

A method of producing a cheese product in snack-sized form comprising the steps of cooling a molten cheese to a temperature of about 45.degree. C. to 35.degree. C., heating a surface area extending in the radial direction from the surface of the cheese to a thickness of 1/8 to 1/6 of the cheese diameter of the cooled cheese to a temperature of about 52.degree. C. to 39.degree. C., cutting the heated cheese into snack sized pieces by rolling within a mold die for rounding the pieces of cheese, and forming each of the snack sized pieces into a rounded shape without corners, thereby providing a snack sized cheese product formed into a desirable rounded shape such as spherical, ellipsoidal, and barrel shape and having good appearance without creases and cracks on the surface thereof as well as a homogeneous texture.

Method of producing a cheese product in snack-sized form

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Hidaka, Japan

Shigekatsu Sato