Method for separating cacao mass into cocoa butter and cocoa cake and press machine for separation

摘要

The present invention is a method for separating cocoa mass into cocoa butter and cocoa cake by a pressing machine (1) comprising one or more pressing elements (6), wherein the pressing element (6) contains the cocoa mass to be pressed. In the pot (7) having a cavity (8) for performing, a squeezer (9) positioned at least partially within the cavity (8), and in front of the squeezer (9) and / or in the cavity (8) At least one filter (11) arranged on the opposite side of the press (9), the method filling the cavity (8) with cacao mass and applying pressure to the pressing element (6) and thus Squeezing cocoa butter through a filter (11); releasing pressure from the pressing element (6); and one or more cocoa cakes from the cavity (8) Comprising the steps of: opening the pot (7) in order to extract, to a method. Prior to releasing pressure from the pressing element (6), cocoa butter is purged from at least one space (13) behind the filter (11).