There is disclosed a method of forming a biodegradable container, such as a cup, comprising a plurality of successive press forming operations, each press forming operation comprising relative movement between an outer die 202 and an inner punch 204 from an open configuration to a forming configuration to shape a dough 400 as it expands. There is also disclosed a corresponding forming apparatus and container.

There is disclosed a method of forming a biodegradable container, such as a cup, comprising a plurality of successive press forming operations, each press forming operation comprising relative movement between an outer die 202 and an inner punch 204 from an open configuration to a forming configuration to shape a dough 400 as it expands. There is also disclosed a corresponding forming apparatus and container.

A method and an installation for the automated preparation of crown-shaped tart shells, comprising the conveying on a conveyor of crown-shaped recesses, the recesses being successively subjected to an extrusion step, a deposition step and a lining step, in which the extrusion step includes the filling of at least one cell of a rotary cell support cylinder with dough, the deposition step includes the ejection of the dough rolls out of the rotary cell support cylinder and the deposition on a shell of each recess of at least two separate dough rolls, and the lining step includes the crushing of the dough rolls deposited in each recess by means of a matrix complementary in shape to the recess in order to form a dough covering at least the shell of the recess.

A dough-stretching machine, which is particularly adapted to stretch pizza dough, includes a frame associated with which are a support plane for the mass of dough to be stretched; a dough-stretching unit arranged at the top and coaxially to the support plane according to the defined vertical axis of the frame; movement apparatus for moving the support plane towards/away from the dough-stretching unit. The dough-stretching unit includes a modelling body configured to come into contact with the mass of dough; a plate in which a plurality of radial grooves are identified, each of which slidably houses a modelling element for the mass of dough; kinematic apparatus adapted to move the modelling elements along the radial grooves towards the vertical axis or away from the axis itself. The kinematic apparatus comprising a threaded shaft having one end operatively connected to motorisation and the opposite end rotatably associated with the plate; a central core provided with a nut fixed on the threaded shaft; a plurality of rods each having one end hinged to one of the modelling elements and the opposite end hinged to the central core.

Methods for the production of a variety of tortilla products involve initial extrusion of one or more grain(s) and/or legume(s) using a twin-screw extruder, followed by mixing the extrudate with water and other ingredients to form a tortilla dough. The dough is then subdivided and formed into a flat tortilla shape, followed by cooking. The grain(s) and/or legume(s) may be previously extruded as a part of a continuous process. High quality tortilla products may be produced using a wide variety of grain(s) and/or legume(s), including gluten-free ingredients.

A food product includes a thread obtained from a tuber that is wound and twisted in such a way to form a spherical ball. A production method for the food product provides for placing the spherical ball in a perforated spherical mold. A device for producing the food product allows formation of the spherical ball inside the mold.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a comestible loader with flatteners that pivot and translate. One of the methods includes receiving, by a comestible loader, a comestible through an opening defined in a loader frame of the comestible loader and onto a surface; and pivoting and translating a first flattener and a second flattener to a pre-press position to permit the first flattener and the second flattener to position the comestible approximately at a target position on the surface.

Disclosed are U-shaped burger bread and a manufacturing method for U-shaped burger bread. The U-shaped burger bread is characterized in that a receiving space is formed by an outside of the bread and three sides consisting of inner upper, rear, and lower surfaces, the receiving space is elongated in a longitudinal and one side thereof is opened, and contents of the burger such as meat, vegetables, and sauces are received into the receiving space with the opened one side, so that the contents are stably received into the bread in which the U shape is fixed and maintained and the contents are not in disorder when eating, the taste is maintained, and it is easy to be taken with one hand. The manufacturing method for the U-shaped burger bread is characterized in that the paste is secondarily fermented, aged, formed and baked in the reverse U-shaped molding frame to be fixed as the U-shaped bread.

Disclosed are U-shaped burger bread and a manufacturing method for U-shaped burger bread. The U-shaped burger bread is characterized in that a receiving space is formed by an outside of the bread and three sides consisting of inner upper, rear, and lower surfaces, the receiving space is elongated in a longitudinal and one side thereof is opened, and contents of the burger such as meat, vegetables, and sauces are received into the receiving space with the opened one side, so that the contents are stably received into the bread in which the U shape is fixed and maintained and the contents are not in disorder when eating, the taste is maintained, and it is easy to be taken with one hand. The manufacturing method for the U-shaped burger bread is characterized in that the paste is secondarily fermented, aged, formed and baked in the reverse U-shaped molding frame to be fixed as the U-shaped bread.

A device for forming pizza bases includes at least one supporting surface on which a predefined quantity of dough can be accommodated; the surface is surmounted by a respective supporting frame for a pusher designed to flatten the quantity of dough and to spread it. The pusher has a presser plate to which vertices of at least two contiguous radial laminas are hinged. Between the frame and the pusher, there are interposed at least one central actuator, configured for a vertical translation of the central body between a first configuration of maximum distance from the supporting surface and a second configuration of minimum distance from it, and at least two external actuators, configured for the vertical translation of the outer edge of a respective lamina between a first arrangement of maximum distance from the supporting surface and a second arrangement of minimum distance from it.