Method for heat treating a continuous strand of food product and apparatus adapted therefore

摘要

The invention relates to a process of blanching or cooking at least one food strand (2) wherein the food strand is conveyed through a blanching tank (3) on a conveyor means (4) immersed within the tank characterised in that the conveyor means comprises means (5) for allowing the food strand to hang on a plurality of bearing means (54) of the conveyor means while forming a plurality of free suspended loops (20) between each adjacent bearing means when operatively arranged to hang the strand.