Production of a variegated product

摘要

A variegated product comprising a generally liquid material distributed within a generally plastic material is produced by flowing said plastic material through a mixing chamber wherein said liquid material is injected into the plastic material through one or more ribbon tubes. The combined product is then passed through a filler valve into a container. Variation of the orientation of the ribbon tube outlets with respect to the location of the plastic material inlet of the mixing chamber can be used to change the distribution of liquid material within the plastic material in the filled container to yield either an at least substantially uniformly variegated product wherein all components are visible through a transparent container or an at least substantially uniform variegated product in which the liquid material does not contact the container and is totally encapsulated within the plastic material.