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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Mats Olofsson, Hjrnarp, SE;
Bo Andersson, Oxie, SE;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
The present invention relates to extruded frozen pellets of sauce and a method for freezing pellets of sauce. This method includes dosing a layer of sauce onto a refrigerated surface, partially freezing the sauce on the surface to cause a generation of ice crystals and an increase in the viscosity of the unfrozen sauce, removing the partially frozen sauce from the surface, mixing the frozen and unfrozen sauce to form a shapeable sauce, forming the shapeable sauce into pellets, and freezing the pellets. The invention also relates to a method wherein the sauce is fully frozen in a thin layer and subsequently mixed with unfrozen sauce to form the shapeable sauce.