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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1978
Robert R Rust, Cumberland, WI (US);
Universal Foods Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for preparing a salted cheese curd loaf is provided which includes means for continuously separating and recovering a solid cheese curd from whey in a curd/whey mixture to remove the preponderance of the whey, means for continuously blending salt into the separated curd, means for further dewheying the salted curd and continuously forming a compacted curd column of predetermined diameter, a means for forming a loaf of predetermined size from the curd column and means for placing the cheese curd loaf in forms preparatory to pressing and brining. An improved method of preparing and brining of curd loafs for certain hard cheeses is also provided.