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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel John Arthur Groux, Lauperswil, CH;
Gilles Fayard, Epalinges, CH;
Antonio Jimenez-Laguna, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Nestac S.A., Vevey, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/00 ;
Abstract
Frozen concentrated milk is prepared by introducing a concentrated milk, such as a concentrated whole or skim milk, into the barrel of an apparatus for extrusion of a product which contains at least one screw which is rotated for transport of the concentrated milk through the apparatus barrel for extrusion of product through an extrusion apparatus product exit die, and during the transport of the concentrated milk through the extrusion apparatus, the concentrated milk is cooled to a temperature of equal to or lower than −8° C. to obtain, from the exit die, frozen concentrated milk.