A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.

A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.

For separating an intestine from a cluster of organs harvested from an animal, in particular a pig, cow or sheep, wherein the intestine is connected to the remainder of the cluster through tissue, a device and method are provided. The intestine separating device includes a guiding device having at least one guiding surface configured to contact the intestine. The guiding device includes first and second guiding members together defining a gap for accommodating the tissue. The first and second guiding members are movable towards and away from each other to vary a gap width. A gap width control structure includes an actuator to controllably decrease and increase the gap width. A tissue separating device is operative in the gap to provide a separation in the tissue close to the intestine.

For separating an intestine from a cluster of organs harvested from an animal, in particular a pig, cow or sheep, wherein the intestine is connected to the remainder of the cluster through tissue, a device and method are provided. The intestine separating device includes a guiding device having at least one guiding surface configured to contact the intestine. The guiding device includes first and second guiding members together defining a gap for accommodating the tissue. The first and second guiding members are movable towards and away from each other to vary a gap width. A gap width control structure includes an actuator to controllably decrease and increase the gap width. A tissue separating device is operative in the gap to provide a separation in the tissue close to the intestine.

A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.

A food processing system includes at least one receptacle containing a composition of water and insoluble solids, a centripetal force-based solid/liquid separator having an inlet, a solids outlet, and a liquid outlet, and a pump able to direct the composition from the receptacle to the inlet of the separator. The separator is configured to separate the composition into a solids stream including the insoluble solids and a liquid stream including water and to direct the solids stream through the solids outlet and the liquid stream through the liquid outlet.

For separating an intestine from a cluster of organs harvested from an animal, in particular a pig, cow or sheep, wherein the intestine is connected to the remainder of the cluster through tissue, a device and method are provided. The intestine separating device includes a guiding device having at least one guiding surface configured to contact the intestine. The guiding device includes first and second guiding members together defining a gap for accommodating the tissue. The first and second guiding members are movable towards and away from each other to vary a gap width. A gap width control structure includes an actuator to controllably decrease and increase the gap width. A tissue separating device is operative in the gap to provide a separation in the tissue close to the intestine.

For separating an intestine from a cluster of organs harvested from an animal, in particular a pig, cow or sheep, wherein the intestine is connected to the remainder of the cluster through tissue, a device and method are provided. The intestine separating device includes a guiding device having at least one guiding surface configured to contact the intestine. The guiding device includes first and second guiding members together defining a gap for accommodating the tissue. The first and second guiding members are movable towards and away from each other to vary a gap width. A gap width control structure includes an actuator to controllably decrease and increase the gap width. A tissue separating device is operative in the gap to provide a separation in the tissue close to the intestine.

The invention concerns an apparatus, configured and adapted for scalding slaughtered poultry, comprising a linear scalding tank open at the top for receiving and holding a scalding medium, with at least one transport line for the poultry, wherein each transport line in its longitudinal extension borders a partition element extending over at least part of the length of the transport line, a transport means arranged above the scalding tank for transporting the poultry suspended by the feet along the transport line in the transport direction, a control and regulating unit for tempering the scalding medium, means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, and a filtering device for cleaning the scalding medium, which is distinguished in that each partition element comprises two partition walls spaced apart from each other and extending upward from the base wall of the scalding tank to form a channel open at the top and at the end sides, and inside the channel in the region of openings in each partition wall facing a transport line, a turbulence-generating body is arranged as a means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, which can be rotatably driven by means of a horizontally oriented drive shaft running transversely to the transport direction of the poultry. The invention furthermore concerns a corresponding method.

The invention concerns an apparatus, configured and adapted for scalding slaughtered poultry, comprising a linear scalding tank open at the top for receiving and holding a scalding medium, with at least one transport line for the poultry, wherein each transport line in its longitudinal extension borders a partition element extending over at least part of the length of the transport line, a transport means arranged above the scalding tank for transporting the poultry suspended by the feet along the transport line in the transport direction, a control and regulating unit for tempering the scalding medium, means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, and a filtering device for cleaning the scalding medium, which is distinguished in that each partition element comprises two partition walls spaced apart from each other and extending upward from the base wall of the scalding tank to form a channel open at the top and at the end sides, and inside the channel in the region of openings in each partition wall facing a transport line, a turbulence-generating body is arranged as a means for generating turbulence and/or flow in the scalding medium, which can be rotatably driven by means of a horizontally oriented drive shaft running transversely to the transport direction of the poultry. The invention furthermore concerns a corresponding method.