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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Todd Landon, Mound, MN (US);
Assignee:
Land O'Lakes, Inc., Arden Hills, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23D 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method of processing a liquid fat component and a solid fat component that includes heating a mixture that includes the liquid fat component and the solid fat component to form a liquified fat blend and rapidly cooling the liquified fat blend under agitation in a cooling apparatus to form a nucleated fat base blend, the time between entry of the liquified fat blend into the cooling apparatus and exit of the nucleated fat base blend from the cooling apparatus being about 30 seconds, or less.