METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING SLICED CHEESE

摘要

A method and system are provided for forming sliced cheese directly from a quantity of cheese, without the need to thermally process the cheese. In general, cheese slices are formed from a quantity of cheese in which at least one discrete cheese piece is introduced into an elongated chamber having a longitudinal interior surface and housing a conveyor. Resulting cheese mass is transported forwardly and longitudinally of the chamber via t he conveyor to a discharge outlet of the chamber and into a funnel. The cheese mass is extrud ed at a temperature of less than about 50.degree.F as a plurality of cheese extrudate sheets through a plurality of elongated orifices of a die plate which receive cheese mass exiting from the outlet of the funnel. The cheese extrudate sheets are cut along their lengths to provide discrete chee se slices.