METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT

摘要

A method and apparatus for making a shaped confectionery product of Bingham plastic rheology by cold extrusion wherein particles of the confectionery product are fed between counter-rotating form rolls having depressions corresponding to the desired product shape. The particles are compacted and compressed between the form rolls and fuse together to exit with a thin web of material interconnecting the shaped confectionery product. The release of th e product from the roll surface is aided by induced differential motion betwee n the rolls.