Apparatus and methods for the manufacture of multiple complexed standardized extrudates

摘要

"APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPLEXLY STANDARDIZED EXTRUDED MULTIPLES". An apparatus (10) and methods are described, in which the extrudable plastic food product is provided as such by an extruder or pump and is combined with another food product without blending to form a complexly standardized food product, such as a pattern forming matrix (20). The cross-sectional area of the standardized food product is reduced from an input end (34) to an output end (36) by a factor of 4: 1 to 50: 1 at an average convergence angle of 5 to 650, very while maintaining the pattern in cross section until it forms a standardized food product in reduced cross section and then it is extruded through a matrix door having an opening equal to the area in reduced cross section until it forms a complex patterned extrudate.