Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Processes – Molding – casting – or shaping
Reexamination Certificate
2002-10-31
2009-06-23
Becker, Drew E (Department: 1794)
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Processes
Molding, casting, or shaping
C426S104000, C426S575000, C426S577000, C426S516000, C426S518000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07550168
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides fruit-like products based on alginate or low-methoxy pectate gel which are spherical with two dimples spaced at opposite extremes of the sphere. These are prepared by extruding a sol through a cylindrical nozzle and at the same time extruding a gelling agent through a tube centrally located in the nozzle and co-terminous with it. The extrudate is cut off at the end of the nozzle below the surface of a bath of the gelling agent. The extrudate is allowed to gel by diffusion of calcium ions. The gelling agent is an aqueous solution containing calcium ions. The sol, which is an aqueous alginate or low-methoxy pectate sol, preferably contains dispersed fruit puree. Preferably the solution in the bath has a lower density than the density of the sol. In a preferred form of the invention equipment is used comprising a nozzle, a centrally spaced tube, a gelling bath and a perforated support surface in the bath for the gelling product.
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Barwick Bryan Edwin
Kelly Thomas Reid
Sawant Vijay Arjun
Becker Drew E
Fisher Carlos A.
FMC Corporation
Stout, Uxa Buyan & Mullins, LLP
Uxa Frank J.
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