Process for producing edible proteinaceous film and apparatus therefor.

摘要

There is disclosed a process for producing an edible proteinaceous film which comprises kneading and melting a raw material containing water and protein with heating by an extruder (1), extruding the melted material through a die (4) having a circular opening (16) of the extruder, while providing gas of a higher pressure than the atmospheric pressure into the inside of a tubular extrudate (20) and exhausting the gas, and then taking off the tubular extrudate (20) by holding with a take-off means (6). An apparatus to be used in the process is also disclosed.