Continuous emulsification process for process cheese type and equipment therefor, and continuous production method for process cheese type and equipment therefor

Abstract

Objects of the present invention are to provide a continuous emulsification process and equipment therefor in which exact viscosity is measured inline and production conditions are controlled automatically, and a continuous production method for process cheese type and equipment therefor. The present invention provides a continuous production method for process cheese type in which process cheese type ingredients are agitated and emulsified with any agitation intensity by an agitation barwhile heating in the vessel which is applied with fixed back pressure, the process cheese type is flowed and held in a holding pipefor a certain period and thereby the process cheese type is cooled, and then the cooled process cheese type is molded and filled and a process cheese type productis produced, wherein a transducer of an oscillating viscometer is immersed in the process cheese type during holding or after cooling such that the transducer is not directly contacted with the process cheese type; and wherein agitation intensity of the agitation device and/or back pressure applied to the vessel is adjusted such that a detected value of the transducer becomes near a target value which is set in advance, and thereby production conditions are controlled automatically so that the viscosity of the process cheese type during holding or after cooling becomes near a target viscosity.