Exemplary embodiments are directed to a food product folding apparatus for forming a triangular food product, generally including a folding section, and first, second, third and fourth actuator mechanisms. The folding section includes, first, second, third and fourth folding platforms. The first, second, third and fourth actuator mechanisms are configured to actuate rotation of respective first, second, third and fourth folding platforms into first, second, third and fourth fold positions to create first, second, third and fourth folds in the food product.

Exemplary embodiments are directed to an apparatus for forming a rolled food product, generally including a transport section and a rolling section. The transport section is configured to receive a food product in an unrolled configuration. The rolling mechanism includes rolling elements positionable between an active position in which the rolling elements are disposed over at least a portion of the transport section, and a retracted position in which the rolling elements are actuated away from the transport section. The transport section is configured to feed the food product in the unrolled configuration to the rolling mechanism. The rolling mechanism is configured to roll the food product into a partially rolled food product. Rolling of the partially rolled food product into a fully rolled food product is completed by the transport section.

A machine including a supply of gelling agent (45), a supply of acidic buffer solution (47), a third supply of food inlet (51) connected to a source of food (53), a mixer (27) connected to the gelling agent and acidic buffer solution supplies, for delivering a mixture of gelling agent and acidic buffer solution, and a co-extruder (31) fed with food (51) and with said mixture, for extruding the food at the center and the mixture at the periphery, so as to obtain the expected food product at the outlet.

In a gyoza forming machine compressing a half kneaded noodle skin material to form into a belt-like noodle skin, die cutting the obtained belt-like noodle skin into a predetermined shape to form a gyoza skin, putting a gyoza filling on the gyoza skin, and wrapping the gyoza filling with the gyoza skin to obtain a gyoza, the gyoza forming machine includes a wrap off-cuts returning mechanism having a supply unit for a wrap off-cuts and the half kneaded noodle skin material arranging the half kneaded noodle skin material on both surfaces of the die cut wrap off-cuts, and a noodle skin forming unit compressing the wrap off-cuts and the needle skin material supplied from the supply unit to form a three-layer structure needle skin, and the wrap off-cuts returning mechanism is configured to return the die cut wrap off-cuts formed by the noodle skin forming unit to the supply unit.

A food material processing mechanism, a food material processing method and a food manufacturing method which enable highly accurate bending of a sheet-shaped flexible food material such as a skin are provided. A food material processing mechanism includes a conveyance unit and a processing unit. A conveyance unit conveys a sheet-shaped flexible food material in a conveyance direction. A processing unit forms a bending reference portion being a reference portion for bending, in the flexible food material being conveyed by the conveyance unit. The processing unit includes a reference formation unit and a pressing unit. The reference formation unit locally applies a force to the flexible food material to form the bending reference portion. The pressing unit presses the flexible food material against the conveyance unit at least temporarily while the reference formation unit forms the bending reference portion in the flexible food material.

To provide a rolled food product manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method capable of improving productivity. A rolled food product manufacturing apparatus includes an outlet from which an air stream flows, a conveyor section having a loading member provided with openings through which the air stream flowing from the outlet toward a loading surface passes and conveying a sheet-like base material put on the loading surface in one direction, and a holding part holding one part of the base material floated from the loading surface by the air stream in a floated state.

A method for manufacturing a food shaping mold includes following steps. A calculation module is provided. The calculation module calculates a shape or form of a corresponding food shaping mold according to a target shape of a target food, or calculates the shape or form of a corresponding food shaping mold according to a target density, thickness, hardness, elasticity, tasting texture, glutenness, taste, color, temperature, structure, shape or flavor of the target food so as to produce a food shaping mold. The present disclosure further provides a food shaping mold, which is manufactured by the above method. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing a food, wherein the shape, form or structure of the target food is calculated by the above method for manufacturing a food shaping mold.

A method for manufacturing a food shaping mold includes following steps. A calculation module is provided. The calculation module calculates a shape or form of a corresponding food shaping mold according to a target shape of a target food, or calculates the shape or form of a corresponding food shaping mold according to a target density, thickness, hardness, elasticity, tasting texture, glutenness, taste, color, temperature, structure, shape or flavor of the target food so as to produce a food shaping mold. The present disclosure further provides a food shaping mold, which is manufactured by the above method. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing a food, wherein the shape, form or structure of the target food is calculated by the above method for manufacturing a food shaping mold.

An eggroll rolling machine including a conveying assembly, a pivoting assembly, and an electronic assembly. The conveying assembly includes a conveying belt and head pulleys. Head pulleys rotate to slide the conveying belt. The pivoting assembly includes a block. The block is fixed to the conveying assembly through fasteners. The electronic assembly includes a motor. The motor rotates the head pulleys to slide the conveying belt. A partially made eggroll is placed in one end of the conveying belt and slides in the conveying belt to the block. The block pushes the partially made eggroll while the eggroll slides with the conveying belt to form an eggroll.

A forming method of forming a combined food product containing granulated objects and a food dough comprising steps of (a) discharging a tubular food dough from a discharging device and forming a bottom of the tubular food dough; (b) supplying a predetermined amount of granulated objects to an inside of the tubular food dough formed with the bottom; and (c) cutting the tubular food dough to divide the combined food product filled with the supplied granulated objects. In the step (c), the combined food product is formed so that an upper surface of the granulated objects which are filled is partially and ununiformly covered with the food dough.