Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Addition of dye or pigment – including optical brightener
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Weinstein, Steve (Department: 1761)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Addition of dye or pigment, including optical brightener
C426S249000, C426S583000, C141S009000, C141S100000, C141S105000, C222S145300
Reexamination Certificate
active
07128935
ABSTRACT:
A food product, preferably a food ingredient in the form of dye, pigment or similar colorant in a random pattern in refrigerated yogurt, is produced by supplying the food ingredient through a supply tube (82) extending through an injection tube (80) and into a fill pipe (78) and a fill tube (28). In the preferred form, an elongated tubular member is formed around the fill tube (28) from a strip (20) of flexible material, with top and bottom seals being formed by a forming station (36). In the preferred form, the injection tube (80) extends at an angle to the fill pipe (78) such that the supply tube (82) formed of stainless steel is generally linearly straight. The fill pipe (78) includes seal flanges (78a,78b) allowing its removal from the food material supply tubing (68) and the fill tube (28) to allow conventional cleaning of the remaining components of the apparatus (10). The streaking effect is increased by introducing the second food ingredient through first and second ducts (85) on diametric opposite sides of and axially spaced along supply tube (82) and extending at an acute angle upstream of the supply tube (82).
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Germick Robert J.
Gillespie Scott F.
Maack Jennifer M.
Miller Leslie D.
Paul Jonathan P.
Frawley Annette
General Mills Inc.
Kamrath Alan
O'Toole John
Weinstein Steve
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