The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for making pasta filata cheese. In one embodiment a tube within a tube design is used for the production of pasta filata cheese.

Equipment for the production of stuffed cheeses, particularly burrata cheese, the equipment (1) comprising: one base frame (2); supporting means (3) of a cheese (C) of the fresh pasta filata type associated with the base frame (2); gripping means (6) of the cheese (C) adapted to retain one portion (P) of the cheese (C); filling means (7) adapted to inject a stuffing inside the cheese (C) through the portion (P) to obtain a stuffed cheese (S); one mutual movement unit (20) between the supporting means (3) and the gripping means (6); and one mutual movement assembly (21) between the gripping means (6) and the filling means (7); wherein the gripping means (6) comprise at least one blade element (34) adapted to cut the portion (P) from the stuffed cheese (S).

A device for forming and cooling an initially hot and therefore flowable melted cheese having (a) a first metallic cooling belt capable of moving in a downstream direction; (b) a counter-pressure roller proximal to the first metallic cooling belt; and (c) a rotatable shaping roller disposed proximal to the first metallic cooling belt downstream of the supply nozzle and upstream from the counter-pressure roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller has a number of molding cavities formed in the surface, which are separated from one another by separating webs, wherein the separating webs are formed by the remaining surface of the rotatable shaping roller, wherein the rotatable shaping roller is capable of applying a pressure by way of the separating webs onto the cooling belt that results in displacement of the still-hot melted cheese from a region of the separating webs lying thereon, so that shaped bodies of melted cheese released from the molding cavities remain on the first metallic cooling belt for cooling.

Method for processing stretched-curd cheeses, including the following sequence of steps, stretching the melted cheese to obtain stretched curd; forming said stretched curd to obtain portions of stretched curd with predefined shape and weight; packaging said portions of stretched curd to obtain packaged portions; and hardening said packaged portions in a bath with a controlled temperature to obtain already packaged stretched-curd cheeses.

Forming machine to process stretched-curd cheeses including a frame to support feed means of stretched curd toward a forming roll having a plurality of cavities on its lateral surface, which are able to house respective portions of stretched curd, and associated with motor means to drive the roll in rotation around its longitudinal axis, during the rotation of the forming roll each row of cavities being able to transit through at least an angular loading position and an angular unloading position, and separation means also being provided, interposed between the feed means and the forming roll in correspondence with the angular loading position in order to cut the portions of stretched curd housed inside the cavities from the remaining mass of stretched curd during the rotation of the forming roll; the cavities are distributed on a plurality of circumferential lines of the forming roll.

The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for making pasta filata cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a barrel for a single auger extrude having angular sections of material.

The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for making pasta filata cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a barrel for a single auger extrude having angular sections of material.

The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for the production of cheese. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for making pasta filata cheese. In one embodiment, a continuous cooker stretcher is used for the production of pasta filata cheese.

The equipment (1) comprises: supporting means (3) of at least one cheese (C) of the fresh pasta filata type; gripping means (6) adapted to retain at least one portion (P) of the cheese (C); filling means (7) adapted to inject a stuffing inside the cheese (C) to obtain a stuffed cheese (S); one mutual movement unit (20) between the supporting means (3) and the gripping means (6); and one mutual movement assembly (21) between the gripping means (6) and the filling means (7);
wherein the supporting means (3) comprise at least a first container element (51) defining a first housing (51a) adapted to contain the cheese (C) and at least a second container element (52) defining a second housing (52a) adapted to contain the stuffed cheese (S), wherein said housings (51a, 52a) have a relative radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of the second housing (52a) being greater than the radius of curvature of the first housing (51a).

A system for processing a flowable food mass is disclosed which includes a first cooling belt (11) having a face with a transport direction (T); a second cooling belt (12) having a face with a transport direct (T) adjacent to, and parallel with, the face of the first cooling belt (11), wherein the transport direction (T) of the face of the second cooling belt (11) is the same as the transport direction (T) of the face of the first cooling belt; and a film roller arrangement (15) for disposing a plurality of strip-shaped carrier film webs onto the first cooling belt (11), wherein each strip-shaped carrier film web has a pair of parallel edges and the strip-shaped carrier film webs are disposed adjacent to each other without gaps and partially overlap each other at their respective parallel edges to form a carrier film arrangement and a kit of parts for assembling the system.