Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented herein for slicing a food topping for placing upon a food ingredient. A topping holder is configured to position a topping stock. A blade is configured to slice the topping stock via relative motion between the topping holder and the blade. A deflector is configured to force a leading edge of the sliced portion of the topping stock away from the blade as the sliced portion moves relative to the blade.

Device for providing dough products with a topping material, comprising a dough product conveyor, for transporting the dough products, a topping conveyor, for conveying the topping towards a dispensing location above the dough product conveyor, a collector for superfluous topping material from the dough product conveyor and a topping material sensor for measuring the distribution of the topping material in width direction of the topping conveyor, a controller, for controlling, based at least on the signal from the topping sensor(s), the movements of a rake.

Device for providing dough products with a topping material, comprising a dough product conveyor, for transporting the dough products, a topping conveyor, for conveying the topping towards a dispensing location above the dough product conveyor, a collector for superfluous topping material from the dough product conveyor and a topping material sensor for measuring the distribution of the topping material in width direction of the topping conveyor, a controller, for controlling, based at least on the signal from the topping sensor(s), the movements of a rake.

A production line for powder coating items, such as food pieces, having a conveyor and a powder depositor arranged having a powder reservoir, a screen, a vibratory actuator to apply intermittent vibrations to the screen to cause powder to pass through apertures in the screen; and a controller to control the interval between the intermittent vibrations so that powder is deposited predominantly onto the items as they pass below the screen.

A production line for powder coating items, such as food pieces, having a conveyor and a powder depositor arranged having a powder reservoir, a screen, a vibratory actuator to apply intermittent vibrations to the screen to cause powder to pass through apertures in the screen; and a controller to control the interval between the intermittent vibrations so that powder is deposited predominantly onto the items as they pass below the screen.

The present teaching relates to a device for applying scatterable material, in particular poppy or sesame, to the bottom of pieces of dough. It includes a covering belt for transporting the pieces of dough from a dough receiving point to a dough dispensing point, it being possible to receive pieces of dough not sprinkled on the bottom thereof onto the covering belt at the dough receiving point and to dispense pieces of dough sprinkled on the bottom thereof from the covering belt at the dough dispensing point. A scatterable-material unit holds and applies the scatterable material, which scatterable-material unit is arranged below the transport plane. A transport belt is arranged at least partly below the scatterable-material unit, it being possible to apply scatterable material to the transport belt by means of the scatterable-material unit,

The present teaching relates to a device for applying scatterable material, in particular poppy or sesame, to the bottom of pieces of dough. It includes a covering belt for transporting the pieces of dough from a dough receiving point to a dough dispensing point, it being possible to receive pieces of dough not sprinkled on the bottom thereof onto the covering belt at the dough receiving point and to dispense pieces of dough sprinkled on the bottom thereof from the covering belt at the dough dispensing point. A scatterable-material unit holds and applies the scatterable material, which scatterable-material unit is arranged below the transport plane. A transport belt is arranged at least partly below the scatterable-material unit, it being possible to apply scatterable material to the transport belt by means of the scatterable-material unit,

The invention relates to the food industry. A method includes generating, via a server of a system, a selected order for processing by a control computer, as a result of which the necessary food base, which is located in a refrigerating unit, is sent to a first transport device where specific food ingredients are added in a prescribed manner, said ingredients being released from containers mounted above the first transport device. After this, the partially finished product is transferred to a second transport device, and, while moving along it, is baked to a finished condition in a baking unit. Then the baked product is transferred to a packaging sub-system which is connected to a sub-system for temporary storage and dispensing of the finished and packaged product.

A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.

A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.