APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES FROM A FOOD MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR A CHOCOLATE MATERIAL

摘要

Described is an apparatus and a method for producing particles from a food material, in particular a chocolate material. The material is heated with a melting device up to flowability and supplied to a shaping device which includes at least one nozzle for dripping the flowable material as well as a cooling device for solidifying t he material drops in particle form. To make such an apparatus and such a method more efficient in a constructionally simple way, it is suggested that the cooling device should contain a cooled contact surface which is movable relative to the nozzle.