Abstract: A tooling for forming patties from a food mass includes a mould cavity holder; a mould cavity arranged such that it is received in the mould cavity holder, the mould cavity being made of a material porous to a fluid and including an internal face defining a patty forming mould and an external face separated from the internal face by a body of porous material; a clamp for clamping the mould cavity in the mould cavity holder; and a seal placed between the mould cavity and one of the mould cavity holder and the clamp. The seal is arranged such that it forces a pressure fluid, brought to the external face of the body of porous material to pass therethrough to the internal face.

Abstract: The production of three-dimensional products from a mass of pumpable fibrous foodstuff material includes feeding the mass into a chamber via an inlet. A perforated plate is stationary arranged at an outlet side and has a multitude of perforations therein between an inlet face and an opposed outlet face. A flow channels assembly include multiple flow channels. Each flow channel receives therein strands of fibrous foodstuff material emerging at an outlet face from a subset of the multitude of perforations. The strands merge into a coherent bundle, in which the strands are arranged against one another in a generally parallel orientation. A production device is arranged at the discharge mouths of the flow channels assembly, which production device is configured and operated to produce three-dimensional products, each product out of a portion of a bundle that is discharged from one of the discharge mouths.

Abstract: A method is provided for cleaning food product molding inserts that have been temporarily detached from a movable mold member of a molding device that is configured for molding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass.

Abstract: A tooling for forming patties from a food mass includes a mould cavity holder; a mould cavity arranged such that it is received in the mould cavity holder, the mould cavity being made of a material porous to a fluid and including an internal face defining a patty forming mould and an external face separated from the internal face by a body of porous material; a clamp for clamping the mould cavity in the mould cavity holder; and a seal placed between the mould cavity and one of the mould cavity holder and the clamp. The seal is arranged such that it forces a pressure fluid, brought to the external face of the body of porous material to pass therethrough to the internal face.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of: a) providing a food particles; b) providing a viscous gelling agent; c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution; and d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent. The present invention further relates to a device for performing this method, to the obtained food product and the use of an acidic buffer solution for stabilizing food products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for producing portions from a strand (B), in particular for the production of sausages, comprising at least one pair of opposing clamps (1, 1?) that can be moved towards one another by actuating means, from an open position to a closed position in order to clamp the strand. Each clamp comprises clamping means (2, 2?, 3, 3?) that can he maneuvered by the aforementioned actuating means (70, 9; 70?, 9?) in order to clamp the strand onto a central strand segment, and subsequently to clamp the strand onto side strand segments on each side of the central segment.

Abstract: A machine including a supply of gelling agent (45), a supply of acidic buffer solution (47), a third supply of food inlet (51) connected to a source of food (53), a mixer (27) connected to the gelling agent and acidic buffer solution supplies, for delivering a mixture of gelling agent and acidic buffer solution, and a co-extruder (31) fed with food (51) and with said mixture, for extruding the food at the center and the mixture at the periphery, so as to obtain the expected food product at the outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for forming batches of products to be loaded into receptacles, including: a conveyer having housings including two links supporting a plurality of pallets defining housings between same: a supply conveyer arranged substantially perpendicular to the housing conveyer and capable of transporting products one behind the other and of supplying at least one product in each housing to a loading station via one Open lateral side of said housings, the housing conveyer being provided with abutment means arranged on the lateral side of the housing opposite the supply conveyer and used as an abutment for the product to be loaded into each housing: and unloading means capable of simultaneously unloading a batch of products from a series of housings of the housing conveyer at an unloading station.

Abstract: This invention relates to a machine comprising a supply of gelling agent (45), a supply of acidic buffer solution (47), a third supply of food inlet (51) connected to a source of food (53), a mixer (27) connected to the gelling agent and acidic buffer solution supplies, for delivering a mixture of gelling agent and acidic buffer solution, and a co-extruder (31) fed with food (51) and with said mixture, for extruding the food at the centre and the mixture at the periphery, so as to obtain the expected food product at the outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of: a) providing a food particles; b) providing a viscous gelling agent; c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution; and d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent. The present invention further relates to a device for performing this method, to the obtained food product and the use of an acidic buffer solution for stabilizing food products.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for producing portions from a strand (B), in particular for the production of sausages, comprising at least one pair of opposing clamps (1, 1?) that can be moved towards one another by actuating means, from an open position to a closed position in order to clamp the strand. Each clamp comprises clamping means (2, 2?, 3, 3?) that can be manoeuvred by the aforementioned actuating means (70, 9; 70?, 9?) in order to clamp the strand onto a central strand segment, and subsequently to clamp the strand onto side strand segments on each side of the central segment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for forming batches of products to be loaded into receptacles, including: a conveyer (5) having housings, including two links supporting a plurality of pallets (53) defining housings (51) between same; a supply conveyer (2) arranged substantially perpendicular to the housing conveyer (5) and capable of transporting products (9) one behind the other and of supplying at least one product in each housing to a loading station via one open lateral side of said housings, the housing conveyer being provided with abutment means (70) arranged on the lateral side of the housing opposite the supply conveyer and used as an abutment for the product to be loaded into each housing; and unloading means capable of simultaneously unloading a batch of products from a series of housings of the housing conveyer at an unloading station.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dividing a continuous sausage into portions, in particular sausage links. The invention includes at least one pair of opposing clamps which can be moved towards one another by actuation means in order to crush the sausage. Each clamp includes at least a first plate (141, 151) and a second plate (142, 152), each of said plates having front clamping edges (141a, 151a; 142a, 152a) and being arranged such that the front edge of the first and second plates form respectively first (181) and second (182) variable-cross-section passages. The invention also includes at least one blade associated with the pair of clamps, which can be moved transversely to the plates between the first passage and the second passage in order to cut the sausage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dividing a continuous sausage into portions, in particular sausage links. The invention includes at least one pair of opposing clamps which can be moved towards one another by actuation means in order to crush the sausage. Each clamp includes at least a first plate (141, 151) and a second plate (142, 152), each of said plates having front clamping edges (141a, 151a; 142a, 152a) and being arranged such that the front edge of the first and second plates form respectively first (181) and second (182) variable-cross-section passages. The invention also includes at least one blade associated with the pair of clamps, which can be moved transversely to the plates between the first passage and the second passage in order to cut the sausage.