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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
William French, Dublin, OH (US);
Josephine E. Lometillo, Hilliard, OH (US);
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A patterned composite food product has an ice confectionery composition component and an edible material component which is different from the ice confectionery composition, the edible material having a pattern form which is an inclusion pattern zone in the ice confectionery composition, and the pattern may have a layer form wherein a plurality of edible material layers are separated one from another and surrounded by the ice confectionery composition. The composite product is prepared by pumping an ice confectionery composition into a former structure provided with an extrusion die for product extrusion from the former structure and by pumping a the edible material component through an assembly of a hollow spindle with nozzle(s) attached wherein the nozzle(s) is (are) provided with ports, particularly slots, for delivering the edible material to within the ice confectionery composition pumped through the former structure. The spindle of the assembly is located and extends longitudinally towards the die about an axis of the former structure within the ice confectionery stream, and the assembly rotates about the axis and also translates axially in a reciprocating movement so that patterns of the edible material are formed in the ice confectionery composition to provide a composite product having edible material inclusion zones and inclusion-free zones. The composite product so-pumped is extruded via the die to provide a strand which has a cross-section given by the die outlet opening and then the strand is cut to provide composite product portions.