Process of preparing mozzarella cheese for shipment or storage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5030470
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07448905

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A process of converting unfrozen blocks of a mozzarella cheese into a comminuted form suitable for shipment or storage is disclosed. The process involves dicing or shredding the unfrozen cheese blocks; placing the particles of cheese in a fluidized bed freezer to completely freeze each particle rapidly (e.g., within 7 minutes), and keeping the cheese in the fluidized bed until it is completely frozen and its temperature has dropped to below 0.degree. F.; removing the particulate, frozen cheese from the fluidized bed soon enought to avoid moisture loss (e.g., within 10 minutes); optionally spraying the cheese with an aqueous solution or dispersion of a cheese additive (e,g., sodium citrate); and the packaging the cheese while it is still frozen.

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LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY A CO CORP1830 WEST 38TH AVENUE DENVER CO 80201

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allen, Wesley J Littleton, CO 5 125
Barz, Richard L Longmont, CO 10 262
Kielsmeier, Lester O Lakewood, CO 7 185

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