Continuous food processing system

摘要

An extruder for a coated edible strand of food product, comprising, a housing, an elongated center tube in said housing having first and second ends, an extrusion horn removably mounted in said housing and having inlet and discharge ends, removable closure means on said housing and having an orifice in communication with the discharge end of said horn, said center tube having an inner diameter larger than said extrusion horn so that said horn can be replaced by a second horn of a different diameter by removing said closure means. <IMAGE>