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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugo Menninga, Sneek, NL;
Steven Acreman, Wayford Crewkerne, GB;
Assignee:
Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21J 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A21J 2/500 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing cheese, suitable in particular for producing crumbly cheese. Cheese molds are filled with curd, are subsequently closed with a lid and are pressed, whereafter the obtained cheeses are removed from the cheese molds. Prior to removing the cheeses from the cheese molds, however, the cheese molds still filled with cheese are heated.