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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1980
Takanori Wada, Machida, JP;
Hitoshi Sano, Sayama, JP;
Shigekatsu Sato, Hidaka, JP;
Yukihiro Saiki, Hidaka, JP;
Keisuke Shimizu, Arajuka, JP;
Masanori Hirata, Tachikawa, JP;
Junichi Naka, Matsudo, JP;
Takayoshi Takahashi, Machida, JP;
Toshiaki Ishii, Higashimurayama, JP;
Toshikazu Kamiki, Higashimurayama, JP;
Snow Brand Milk Products Co. Ltd., Sapporo, JP;
Abstract
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.