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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2021
Land O'lakes, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US);
Joseph V. Burger, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Jonathan Anderson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sharon K. Cody, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Lisa Ryan, Lakeville, MN (US);
Land O'Lakes, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US);
Abstract
An extruded butter stick product includes a plurality of pre-defined portions successively connected lengthwise to an adjacent portion by a connecting bridge, each bridge comprising a height that is at least 15% and up to 50% of the total height of the butter stick. Sidewalls of the successively connected portions define at least one trough leading to the bridge. Sidewalls may provide a surface for gripping one of the portions, and a bridge may define a fulcrum for breaking a portion from the butter stick such that each portion of the butter stick can be individually separated from the butter stick at the bridge. Alternatively, sidewalls and the connecting bridge may provide a guide for cutting the pre-defined portions. The butter sticks may be produced by an extruder and/or an extruder die defining an aperture with teeth for defining the troughs and connecting bridges in the butter stick.