An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

A system for blending fluids includes a hopper that contains an additive, a first flow path extending from the hopper and operable to receive the additive from the hopper and convey the additive along a length of the first flow path, a second flow path in fluid communication with the first flow path to receive the additive from the first flow path, a mixing unit in fluid communication with the second flow path to receive the additive from the second flow path, a monitoring device arranged within the second flow path and operable to capture information based on a flow of the additive within the second flow path, and a controller electronically coupled to the monitoring device and operable to process the captured information and output the information to a console screen.