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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1989
Lester O Kielsmeier, Lakewood, CO (US);
Richard L Barz, Longmont, CO (US);
Wesley J Allen, Littleton, CO (US);
Leprino Foods Company, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A process of converting unfrozen blocks of a mozzarella cheese into a comminuted form suitable for shipment or storage is disclosed. The process involves dicing or shredding the unfrozen cheese blocks; placing the particles of cheese in a fluidized bed freezer to completely freeze each particle rapidly (e.g., within 7 minutes), and keeping the cheese in the fluidized bed until it is completely frozen and its temperature has dropped to below 0.degree. F.; removing the particulate, frozen cheese from the fluidized bed soon enought to avoid moisture loss (e.g., within 10 minutes); optionally spraying the cheese with an aqueous solution or dispersion of a cheese additive (e,g., sodium citrate); and the packaging the cheese while it is still frozen.